Rahul's 'trash India' tour gets no traction in Britain

Sam Pitroda is the global chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.

- ANTONIA FILMER

Most likely he was the organiser of the events during Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the United Kingdom. Pitroda is Gandhi’s silent shadow. Rahul Gandhi is the MP from Wayanad in Kerala, the former president of the Congress Party and apparently their international spokesman. After speaking to MBA students at Cambridge, Rahul Gandhi was hosted by Labour MP for Ealing Southall, Virendra Sharma, at an event in a parliamentary committee room for Labour and Congress supporters, including Seema Malhotra and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi. The sound system at the meeting was not working, which was ironic as Rahul said he was frequently deliberately switched off in India. Rahul is a soft-spoken person, which made it difficult to hear the questions and answers. Alternate questions were put to him by Mukulika Banerjee, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, and Sanam Arora, founder and chair of NISAU, the Indian student and alumni network. Rahul