Ridiculing Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Union Food and Civil Supply Minister and lok Janshakti Party (lJP) president Ramvilas Paswan said that it was for the first time in Indian politics that a leader fled the country after losing elections. “In democracy, some party win and some lose but it was first time a leader fled the country and the entire media kept guessing for two months,” he told reporters here on Friday.
Though the Minister said there should be no discussion on the issue as it is someone’s personal matter, he said as now the ‘Yuvraj’ has returned he will now have to clarify why he fled the country and what he did for the past 59 days. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was on a sabbatical for 59 days and returned to the country on Thursday.
He also refused to take any congisance on the proposed Kisan rally of the Congress to be addressed by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. “The proposed Congress rally at Ramlila ground on Sunday next will draw only a couple of thousand of people as the total capacity of the ground is 65,000,” he said.