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Rahul Gandhi returns to Delhi after 56-day-long vacation

| | Apr 16, 2015, at 04:42 pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS) After remaining unseen for 56-odd days and amid controversy over the timing of his sabbatical from politics, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi returned to Delhi on Thursday, said media reports.

Rahul Gandhi has been on leave since Feb 22 and reports said he returned from a Southeast Asian country in the morning. 

Rahul's disappearance when the budget session of Parliament began generated a lot of controversy, within his party Congress as many leaders while admitting that he had a right to go on a holiday and privacy said the timing was bad. 

When Rahul left for an undisclosed destination in February, Congress leader Ambika Soni had said that Rahul Gandhi took leave as he wanted some time  to "introspect" and "contemplate".

Taking leave of absence when the parliament's budget session began  with the much debated land bill being the burning issue for the opposition was seen as a politically unwise move for the Congress vice-president.

While the Congress said Rahul was "granted leave of absence for a few weeks after which he will return and resume his active participation in the affairs of the Congress party", he came back actually after 56 days or so.

The Congress experienced a total rout in the Delhi assembly elections failing to secure a single seat.
 

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