Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has defended former party president Rahul Gandhi and urged Salman Khurshid to discuss all issues at party level. Senior party leader Salman Khurshid had on Wednesday said that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi "walked away" after party's Lok Sabha polls defeat. Instead of uttering outside, Khurshid should have consulted and expressed himself inside the party," Chowdhury told ANI on Wednesday. He said that he cannot subscribe to the view spelt out by Salman Khurshid. Accordingly, he thought it prudent to relinquish the chair of Congress president," Chowdhury said.

Source: dna October 09, 2019 22:07 UTC