Rahul turns 44, on par with Congresss LS strength
June 19, 2014 12:34
Rahul Gandhi turns 44 today, the same as the Congress partys strength in the 16th Lok Sabha. The party vice president is abroad, even as party men are reportedly making plans to celebrate his birthday back home, in absentia.
But not everything is as hunky-dory as it seems or sounds. Within the party there is growing restiveness over his lack of involvement with the partys affairs. Insiders narrate one incident last week, when Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was defending the UPA government during the debate on the Presidents address to Parliament.
At a time when he should have been thumping the desks in Kharges support, Gandhi, it is said, was busy taking out the battery from his BlackBerry, wiping it clean with his handkerchief and putting it back into the phone.
Who knows, maybe he was trying to phone a friend, remarked a senior Congress leader wryly.
But not everything is as hunky-dory as it seems or sounds. Within the party there is growing restiveness over his lack of involvement with the partys affairs. Insiders narrate one incident last week, when Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was defending the UPA government during the debate on the Presidents address to Parliament.
At a time when he should have been thumping the desks in Kharges support, Gandhi, it is said, was busy taking out the battery from his BlackBerry, wiping it clean with his handkerchief and putting it back into the phone.
Who knows, maybe he was trying to phone a friend, remarked a senior Congress leader wryly.
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