Sleephour: Rahul Gandhi takes a nap during debate over attacks on Dalits

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi was very active in raising his voice over suicide of a Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula at Central University in Hyderabad. He also surprised everyone by visiting the university frequently and joined the protests over the suicide of Rohit Vemula. But, what happened in Lok Sabha on Wednesday was totally different. Leaving all his social responsibility aside, Rahul Gandhi slept during the hot debate going over attacks on dalits in Gujarat.

On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Una in Gujarat, where a Dalit family on July 11 was flogged in public by Gau Rakshaks for allegedly skinning a cow. Rahul Gandhi was in deep sleep on Wednesday in the House, while Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was giving a lengthy reply on the issue. Interestingly, Congress MPs also didn’t make any attempt to disturb their party leader.

On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Una in Gujarat, where a Dalit family on July 11 was flogged in public by Gau Rakshaks for allegedly skinning a cow.
Rahul Gandhi was in deep sleep, while Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was giving a lengthy reply on the issue. Interestingly, Congress MPs also didn’t make any attempt to disturb their party leader. The live telecast of the house proceedings highlighted the sleephour of Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi’s sleephour may have caused a major embarrassment to Congress party after pictures of his ‘napping’ during a heated debate over attacks on Dalits in Gujarat went viral on social sites as well. However, this issue has turned out to be a breather for the NDA government as the media focus shifted to Rahul Gandhi.

Congress led the criticism over the attacks on dalits and this had irked the NDA government. The heated discussions resulted in two adjournments in Parliament during the pre-noon session in a spirited attack. However, Gandhi’s sleep turned out to be a spoiler for Congress and a breather for the NDA government.

Congress led the criticism over the attacks on dalits and this had irked the NDA government. The heated discussions resulted in two adjournments in Parliament during the pre-noon session in a spirited attack. However, Gandhi’s sleep turned out to be a spoiler for Congress as the image was telecast by TV channels repeatedly, while it’s going viral on social media.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi today launched an all-out attack on the Modi government and had termed the Gujarat case as just another example of the social terror of NDA government condones.

Coming to the rescue of the party Vice-President, Renuka Chowdhury said that he was just ‘resting his eyes.’