#RahulGandhi leaves for US to bring Sonia back, says Congress

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi left for the US on Thursday to be with his mother, party president Sonia Gandhi, who is there for a medical checkup. Amid speculation about Rahul’s departure even as criticism simmered within the party about his leadership in the recent elections, the Congress said that Rahul was going to the US to bring Sonia back.