Away on visit, Rahul Gandhi tweets his condolences for Istanbul victims
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has tweeted his condolences to families of victims killed in Wednesday’s terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport that left 36 dead.
Shocked &deeply saddened by news of yet another terror attack in #Istanbul.Strongly condemn this cowardly attack on innocents
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) June 29, 2016
My prayers are with the families of the victims & the ppl of #Istanbul
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) June 29, 2016
It is unclear from where Gandhi has tweeted since he is away on a ‘short visit’ abroad. There is no immediate conformation that Rahul is back in India.
Gandhi himself had let everyone know last week that he would be going away.
Traveling out of the country for a few days on a short visit.Thanks again to all who met &wished me y'day,truly grateful for your affection!
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) June 20, 2016
BJP’s Subramanian Swamy, ever the provocateur where the Gandhi family is concerned immediately latched on to Rahul’s tweet and told the media that the Congress Vice President was in fact in London 'to visit a special friend'.
Swamy added that, "What one now needs to know is how many passports he has".
On June 23, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had also announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who reveals Gandhi's whereabouts.
Read: Wanted: BJP leader announces Rs 1 lakh bounty for Rahul's whereabouts
But wherever Gandhi is, the political establishment believes that he will certainly back by July 18 when the monsoon session of Parliament would begin.
Rahul Gandhi has not disclosed his whereabouts this time, unlike last year. In December 2015, Rahul had tweeted he would be visiting Europe.
In September 2015, he reportedly attended the Aspen conference in the US, pictures of which were posted by Rahul Gandhi’s office on his Twitter account as proof after an uproar by other parties.
Rahul Gandhi’s foreign visits have become a source of much mirth on social media as well as among politicians. He has been on several foreign trips over the last few years. He seems to have visited South East Asia, Europe, Greece, US, Myanmar and several other places if one goes by stories floating around in the online space.
Last year, Rahul faced flak over a 56-day holiday between February and April which he took soon after the Congress party’s massive electoral defeat in Delhi.
