A fresh political row erupted on Tuesday after BJP leader Amit Malviya alleged that Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi had taken off on yet another "secret foreign holiday." Malviya, who serves as the BJP’s IT cell head, questioned Gandhi’s frequent absences from the country, claiming that the nation deserved transparency from its opposition leader.
“Rahul Gandhi was on a secret foreign holiday just last week. Now, he has flown abroad again — to yet another undisclosed location,” Malviya wrote on X (formerly Twitter), demanding answers. “Why these frequent disappearances? What is so compelling that keeps him away from the country so often? As the Leader of the Opposition, he owes the people of India answers.”
However, the Congress party swiftly countered Malviya's claims, labeling them as baseless and politically motivated. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera took to X and clarified that Rahul Gandhi had travelled to London to attend his niece’s graduation ceremony and would return soon.
“The Prime Minister's Office is playing its dirty tricks as usual. It knows nothing else apart from these dirty tricks. Mr Rahul Gandhi has gone to London to attend his niece's graduation ceremony and will be back soon,” Khera posted, slamming the BJP for attempting to politicize a personal family event.
Despite being away, Rahul Gandhi has remained active on social media. On June 21, he criticized the Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, asserting that while India assembles and imports products, the real profits go to China. In a video posted from Nehru Place, Delhi’s electronics hub, Gandhi interacted with mobile repair technicians and highlighted the lack of indigenous manufacturing.
Earlier, Gandhi was seen at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on June 19, celebrating his birthday with his mother Sonia Gandhi and hospital staff, shortly after she was discharged. He had also expressed grief on social media over the recent Air India crash in Ahmedabad, urging Congress workers to assist victims on the ground, even though he couldn’t attend in person.
