Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reschedules his USA visit, now to fly on May 28

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has rescheduled his visit to the USA Gandhi who was supposed to fly to the USA on May 31 has now preponed his for 10 days tour and will now embark on his journey on May 28Gandhi will attend a program at Stanford University and meet the Indian diaspora on May 2930 as per the sourcesEarlier this year Rahul Gandhi was in controversy after he returned from London giving speeches at Cambridge University which criticised the government and threw light on Indian democracyWhile delivering a speech at Cambridge University in the UK Rahul Gandhi said Everybody knows and its been in the news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack I am an Opposition leader in India we are navigating that Opposition spaceThe institutional framework which is required for a democratic Parliament free press the judiciary just the idea of mobilization moving around all are getting constrained So we are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy he had addedThe remarks by the Congress leader gave new ammunition to the ruling BJP who demanded an apology from GandhiAlso Read Rijiju takes charge of Earth Sciences MinistrySeveral of his statements in the UK stoked controversy in IndiaBJP intensified its attack on Rahul Gandhi with party chief JP Nadda alleging he is a permanent part of the antiIndia toolkit Later the BJP leader demanded an apology from GandhiThe ruling BJP wanted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise for his remarks on the democracy in India that he made in LondonThe Congress insisted on the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC to probe allegations of dubious financial transactions and dishonest business practices against the Adani Group of companiesOn April 11 Gandhi was disqualified from his position as a Member of Parliament after his conviction in a defamation case He was disqualified in accordance with Article 1021e of the Indian Constitution read with Section 8 of the Representation of People Act 1951with inputs from ANI