Karnataka cabinet allocation stalled as Rahul takes Sonia abroad

Rahul left a message for the trollers before leaving for abroad.

File Image / Rahul Gandhi kisses mother Sonia Gandhi's forehead after formally taking charge as the President of #Congress party in Delhi on Saturday, December 16. PIC/ABP News.

New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi left for abroad on Sunday night for annual medical check-up accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi tweeted to share the information with a post-script for the BJP troll army. Rahul tweeted: "Will be out of India for a few days, accompanying Sonia ji to her annual medical checkup. To my friends in the BJP social media troll army: don't get too worked up...I'll be back soon!," the Congress president wrote on Twitter.

Will be out of India for a few days, accompanying Sonia ji to her annual medical check up.

To my friends in the BJP social media troll army: don’t get too worked up...I'll be back soon! — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 27, 2018

  According to Congress sources, Sonia Gandhi will be travelling abroad for her annual medical examination. She had undergone a surgery in the US in 2011. While Rahul Gandhi will return within a week, Sonia Gandhi will stay abroad for a longer period, the sources told PTI. Rahul also took on PM Modi’s public meeting in Baghpat on Sunday held on the occasion of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway inauguration. Taking a dig at Modi he said that the PM reached Baghpat for taking credit of a UPA era project.

UP के गन्ना किसान सोच रहे हैं कि UPA काल की परियोजना का श्रेय लेने आए प्रधानमंत्रीजी रोड शो करते हुए उनके खेतों को चीरते हुए निकल जाते हैं लेकिन उनका ध्यान उनपर क्यों नहीं जाता? दुर्भाग्य से उदयवीर जैसे किसान जिन्होंने अपने हक़ के लिए लड़ते हुए अपनी जान दे दी, ये सोच भी नहीं सकते pic.twitter.com/1bmDB0DBIF

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 27, 2018

They said some key decisions, including the allocation of ministerial portfolios in Karnataka after a Congress-JD(S) government led by HD Kumaraswamy was formed in the southern state last week, have been put on hold. Some fresh appointments in the Congress are also awaited as part of the party's rejig under Rahul Gandhi. The Congress chief held deliberations with party leaders since yesterday to decide on the portfolios for the party's legislators in Karnataka, but the discussions remained inconclusive. The sources said Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a rally at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh on June 6 to mark the first anniversary of police firing on farmers there. (With PTI inputs)