Rahul Gandhi in Germany: Congress President to Address Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin
Gandhi, who is one a two day visit to Germany, also addressed a gathering at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg on Wednesday.
Berlin, August 23: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday. Gandhi, who is one a two day visit to Germany, also addressed a gathering at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg on Wednesday.
Earlier on Thursday, Congress President Rahul Gandhi became the butt of jokes on Twitter after Congress party's official Twitter handle uploaded a collage of his pictures on the micro-blogging site. The photos went viral in no time, and inspired a lot of comments and laughs on the social media.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, in his speech on Wednesday at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg, blamed demonetisation, GST and unemployment for violence and lynchings in India. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked the Congress President over his speech saying that his ISIS analogy has set a dangerous precedent.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on August 21, Tuesday, left for a four-day tour of the United Kingdom and Germany, to hold interactions with the Indian diaspora and meet foreign dignitaries.
According to sources, during the four-day visit as part of the party's NRI outreach programme, Gandhi is also likely to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
He will thereafter visit the UK where he will address an event organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in collaboration with some local Indian-origin parliamentarians.
In September last year, Gandhi addressed students at the University of California, Berkeley on "India at 70".
In March this year, Gandhi had addressed a gathering at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and had also travelled to Malaysia. Rahul Gandhi's overseas visits are seen as an attempt by the Congress leader to woo the Indians living abroad before the 2019 General Elections.
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