Rahul Gandhi's trip delayed
India's ruling Congress party lawmaker Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Bangladesh has been postponed by a few days, sources said here today.
Rahul was due to reach Dhaka tomorrow but now he is likely to go there three to four days later.
His scheduled visit is aimed at gathering first-hand knowledge of rural development models, and he is expected to see a number of Brac projects in villages.
Sources close to the 38-year-old scion of Nehru-Gandhi family and son of Congress President Sonia Gandhi described his visit to Bangladesh as a 'private' one. It will however be a 'learning' trip for Rahul, they added.
Though there is no official word on postponement of the visit, it is understood that it has been done largely to accommodate time for Rahul's possible interaction with some senior leaders and officials of Bangladesh government.
Had Rahul gone to Dhaka tomorrow, some of the top leaders and senior officials of Bangladesh would have been away in Colombo for the 15th Saarc summit, which ends on August 3.
The young legislator seeks to have first-hand knowledge of rural development models followed by Brac and Grameen Bank.
The Nehru-Gandhi family has been involved in various micro credit projects in Amethi and Rae Bareli, parliamentary constituencies of Rahul and his mother Sonia respectively. His sister Priyanka Gandhi too has been promoting women's self-help groups in Amethi.
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