DHAKA: India’s opposition Congress party is finding it hard to defend a long holiday taken by its vice-president Rahul Gandhi, and some seniors in the party are questioning whether the scion of the country’s most famous family is interested in politics.

Gandhi, a 44-year-old bachelor parliamentarian, took a leave of absence starting in late February, and is now said to be returning to work later this month.

There is no word where he might be, reports The Straits Times.

His vanishing act has spawned a series of tongue-in-cheek comments about his choice of holiday spot and what he might be doing, and ‘missing’ posters have been pasted on walls in his rural constituency.

Jokes aside, Rahul’s decision to go on a holiday at the start of a parliamentary session, at a time when Congress was attacking prime minister Narendra Modi over land policy, has led to doubts about his commitment to politics.

BDST: 2015 HRS, APR 09, 2015
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