Why Rahul Gandhi’s personal foreign visits are under scrutiny?

By Saiyed Moziz Imam Zaidi New Delhi, Jan 6 : Rahul Gandhi is only a Congress MP and does not hold any party post as he had already stepped down as its President after the 2019 Lok Sabha debacle – the second in a row for his party. But whenever he goes out of the country on a personal trip, he ends up being trolled by the opposition while questions are raised by his critics in the party — though they do not express these publicly.
Ahead of the party’s Foundation Day in December, Gandhi went abroad on a personal visit and it was party General Secretary and spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala who announced that he was not in the country.
“Rahul Gandhi is on a short personal visit to see his ailing grandmother. He is not on a holiday,” he said, adding that as a party worker, Gandhi performs all the duties assigned to him.
Slamming the BJP over its criticism, Surjewala said the BJP should not comment on someone’s personal visits.
Senior party leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said that for 136 years “we have been celebrating the foundation day of the Congress, regardless of someone being present or absent”.
But Rahul Gandhi is scarcely an ordinary party MP. Sacked Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha notes that he “must recognise that in politics there is no margin for error. You have to be very aware that questions will be asked of you”.