The most interesting of all the events for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be with the Indian diaspora at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 4. (Image: PTI/File)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will leave for the US on May 31 and return to India on June 10 with a series of meetings. His visit comes just days before PM Narendra Modi leaves for his state visit to the US on June 22.
After the victory in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is determined to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP abroad. On May 31, he will leave for the US and return to India on June 10 to hold a series of meetings with students, entrepreneurs and NRIs; This will be his first foreign trip after his disqualification as an MP.
Gandhi’s visit comes days ahead of the Prime Minister’s state visit to the US on June 22 at the special invitation of President Joe Biden. But of all the events for the former Lok Sabha MP, the most interesting and, perhaps, the most controversial one would be the one he did with the Indian diaspora at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on June 4.
Located in Midtown Manhattan, Madison Square Garden is a huge indoor arena and has been the center of many political events and celebrity events. It was here that Prime Minister Modi made an impact with the overseas Indians and NRIS in 2014.
While Congress sources said Gandhi had not timed her visit with the PM’s impending visit, the fact that she is back home is likely to set the stage for some political confrontation. He can raise the issue of his disqualification as he is now fighting a legal battle to set aside the conviction. He will also speak about the Karnataka results and its impact on the BJP’s style of politics.
But whenever Gandhi has traveled abroad, given lectures and addressed press conferences, he has always invited some controversy or the other. Hence, giving the BJP an opportunity to accuse it of “maligning the country’s image” on foreign shores.
For example, when Gandhi recently visited Britain, he spoke about the “death of democracy” in India and how opposition was suppressed in Parliament during a speech at Cambridge University and media interference Was. The saffron camp had demanded an apology from the former Congress chief, saying he had tarnished India’s “image” abroad.
In such a situation, everyone’s eyes are once again on his US tour.
