Rahul returns; party sings praises
Friday, 17/04/2015
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New Delhi: Ending his mysterious 56-day foreign sojourn, Rahul Gandhi returned home on Thursday with the Congress party hailing him as a “mature” leader who would magically restore the party’s health, notwithstanding the voices within questioning his leadership abilities.
The Gandhi scion flew in here in the morning from Bangkok although his itinerary since his sudden decision to go on a sabbatical in February remained a source of speculation. He did not say a word to the large media contingent parked outside his residence, inside which his mother Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka were waiting with warm hugs.
There was some expected drum beating and bursting of crackers outside his government bungalow. Rahul had gone abroad for “introspection” and not for vacation, said party’s Chief Spokesman Randeep Surjewala, who made it clear that he was not “entering into the speculation of (Rahul’s) physical location” during his sojourn. Even as rival BJP sniggered that Rahul had “run away”, Surjewala termed him as a “mature and charismatic” leader who would bring back the Congress party’s “inherent strength”.
