Rahul Gandhi to return Delhi today, after nearly two months of absence

New Delhi: Speculations over Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi are likely to end as there are reports that he will be returning to Delhi late on Wednesday night. Rahul has been on leave since the February 22 missing the first leg of the crucial Budget session of Parliament. He is expected to lead an anti-land ordinance rally on 19 April.

Meanwhile, there is a divide in Congress over Rahul taking over the top reins in the party. Senior congress leader Sheila Dikshit embarrassed her party by telling PTI that there were question marks over his leadership and Sonia Gandhi was the best hope for the party’s revival. However, she later clarified saying that she never said Rahul was incapable and that she meant Sonia was the most acceptable leader.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh too, had claimed that Rahul needs to take a more proactive role in politics. While commenting on the Lok Sabha election debacle, Singh said, “We lost the war of perception. Rahul didn’t project himself the way Narendra Modi did. Rahul should have been more aggressive in Lok Sabha elections. He must speak everyday on the issues and speak to the media. Rahul now has to come out very strongly and go through the length and breadth of the country and connect with people on all big issues.”

Rahul has been facing severe criticism ever since Congress’s decimation in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in which his party managed to win just 44 seats in the 545-member House. His sudden absence from the political scene just as Parliament’s Budget Session was about to start on February 23 gave his rivals another chance to question his leadership qualities and interest in politics.

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