Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has gone abroad for a routine medical check-up accompanied by her son and former party chief Rahul, several reports suggest.
According to a PTI report, Gandhi has left for the United States and is expected to be away for around a fortnight. She would reportedly miss more than half of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Her medical check-up was overdue and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sources told the news agency.
Gandhi would be returning in the last week of September, and had cleared the Congress' organisational restructuring before departing for her medical check-up.
"Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi is travelling today onwards for a routine follow up & medical check up, which was deferred due to the pandemic.She is accompanied by Sh. Rahul Gandhi.We take this opportunity to thank everyone for their concern & good wishes," senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewal, who was appointed as the party's Karnataka unit in-charge recently, said in a tweet.
Last month, Gandhi was admitted to New Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for routine tests.
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