Overview
- Indian Overseas Congress says Rahul Gandhi will meet German ministers and address a Berlin diaspora event on Dec. 17, with Sam Pitroda accompanying him.
- The visit overlaps Parliament’s Winter Session, which is scheduled through Dec. 19, as the Lok Sabha takes up electoral reforms and other business.
- BJP leaders mocked the Leader of Opposition as a “Leader of Paryatan” and “Videsh Nayak,” questioning his attendance record during sessions.
- Party spokespersons escalated allegations of opaque and “suspicious” overseas engagements, demanding details of hosts and meetings during such trips.
- AAP and the Samajwadi Party also criticised the timing, while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra argued the criticism is hypocritical given the Prime Minister’s travel.