Was Rahul Gandhi sleeping in Parliament when Congress cornered BJP on Dalit atrocities?

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, July 20, 2016: At the time when his party was busy in cornering the government over the crucial issue of Dalit protests in Gujarat, the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was seen taking a ’nap’ in Lok Sabha today.

 

Amid the heated debate between the BJP MPs and Opposition benches during the debate, television cameras panned to show Rahul Gandhi sitting with his hands on his forehead seemingly disinterested in what as going around him.

While Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and his other associates were at their feet responding to Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement, the Congress scion appeared to have dozed off.

The Congress has been using the incident of thrashing of four Dalit youth in Gujarat’s Una to slam the ruling BJP. Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit the Gujarat town on July 21.

"HOW CAN HE SLEEP IN SO MUCH NOISE?"

"How can anyone sleep in so much uproar? He was not sleeping. There are much bigger issues to discuss," said senior Congress leader Renuka Choudhary when journalists approached her outside the Parliament for her take.

This is not the first time that Rahul was caught "sleeping" in the House. "He was not sleeping but in deep thoughts," the party had said when cameras showed him taking a ’nap’.