Rahul Gandhi will be in Europe for New Year

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter on Monday to announce he would be travelling abroad. It is the first time that Mr Gandhi has taken to Twitter to make public his foreign travel plans. “I will be travelling to Europe for a few days. A very happy New Year to everyone,” he said. “Hope the new year brings much joy and happiness to you and everyone close to you!” he tweeted. Mr Gandhi had been out of the country during New Year in the past as well.

His last two trips abroad were much talked about. His approximately two-month sabbatical after an AICC session in February this year to reflect upon the party’s debacle in the Delhi elections and deliberate on a future course for the Congress had led to the BJP taking pot-shots at him. There was a political controversy even over his September visit to Aspen in the US to attend a conference.