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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday left for a short personal visit abroad reportedly in Europe . Sources said the Gandhi scion left this morning and is likely to return by Sunday, ahead of the Presidential election and the Monsoon session of Parliament which begins on July 18 and runs till August 12 . The party did not disclose any details of his visit and termed it personal.
Gandhi will skip a crucial party meeting for preparations of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and internal elections of the Congress on Thursday, where all general secretaries, in-charges and PCC presidents have been invited.
Rahul Gandhi has been often criticised by the BJP for his frequent visits abroad.
Meanwhile, Top Congress leaders will meet on Thursday to discuss the party’s strategy for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the Congress parliamentary strategy committee group meeting on July 14 at 10.30 am which will be attended by senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, K Suresh and Manickam Tagore.
The Congress is likely to raise the issues of inflation and unemployment, besides the falling value of the Rupee and the economic situation in the country, during the session.
The party will also seek a discussion in Parliament on the Chinese transgressions along the border in eastern Ladakh and the Agnipath scheme.
The Congress party will also seek answers from the government on the demands of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which spearheaded the agitation against the now-scrapped farm laws, and the setting up of the committee on MSP.
