Overview

• BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya accused Rahul Gandhi of slipping away to Langkawi, Malaysia, and posted a photo of him in casual attire to support the claim.
• No independent verification of Gandhi’s location or purpose was reported, and while Congress issued no formal statement, party sources described the trip as personal and pre-scheduled.
• BJP leaders used the episode to revive earlier criticisms of undisclosed foreign travel, citing past Vietnam visits and resurfacing a 12-year-old PMO tweet referencing Rahul Gandhi’s leadership.
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi mocked the timing as “political tourism,” as Samajwadi Party MP Virendra Singh called it a personal matter and said the alliance can manage without him for now.
• The allegation follows Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar, a 16-day campaign from August 17 to September 1 that covered roughly 1,300 km to protest the Election Commission’s voter-roll revision, while unverified social-media speculation about Zakir Naik also circulated.