Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi is set to undertake a tour of the United States next week.
He will participate in discussions at Columbia University on global student movements and at the University of Chicago on the geopolitical situation, Congress overseas wing chief Sam Pitroda said on Wednesday.
Amid the BJP’s repeated allegations that Rahul is insulting India on foreign soil, Sam Pitroda criticized it as false propaganda.
In this regard, in an interview he gave to the PTI news agency from Chicago, he said: Rahul Gandhi is set to visit the United States next week to participate in two major events that were planned some time ago.
Accordingly, Rahul will speak at a discussion at Columbia University on Nov. 17 on topics including the global rise of student movements, the view of the student movement in India, the impact on democracy, and students’ demands related to education, employment, the economy, and the environment.
The next day, he will participate in a discussion at the University of Chicago on the geopolitical situation and global affairs and share his unique perspectives, said Pitroda.
Response to the BJP: In response to a question about the BJP’s allegations that Rahul is insulting India on foreign soil, Sam Pitroda said: In today’s interconnected world of 800 crore people, a local event has become global, and a global event has become like a local event. There is no such thing as a purely local issue. In such a world, it is essential for everyone to know the facts.
It is wrong to speak one way in India and another way abroad. How can speaking the same truths there and here be wrong? How can it be said that this is insulting India and Indians? This is the BJP’s false propaganda.
“As a global young leader,” Rahul travels abroad. He said that there are only a few young leaders like him at the global level.
Conference in Hyderabad tomorrow: The two-day ‘Bharat Summit’ will be held in the state capital of Telangana, Hyderabad, starting Friday (Nov. 13) under the auspices of the state Congress government. Responding to a question on this, Pitroda said, ‘1,000 international delegates, including senior Congress leaders, global policymakers, and key figures from progressive movements, will gather at the conference.’
Is he going to meet anti-India elements? BJP question
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, ‘Rahul must answer the question of whether he is going to the United States to interact with students or to speak with anti-India forces.
Apart from the coronavirus period, Rahul had never stayed in India continuously for 6 months. Someone who did not even campaign for his party for 15 days in the states where elections are being held is going abroad and raising allegations of vote theft,” he criticized.