Rahul Gandhi Foreign Trips Row: While making revelations on Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips, BJP has made many serious allegations. BJP MP Sambit Patra told in the press conference that Rahul Gandhi has spent about Rs 60 crore on his 54 tours in the last 22 years. This is more than 5 times his income. According to Sambit Patra, Rahul Gandhi has been in elected office for about 22 years. He has visited foreign countries several times over the years. He has officially made 54 foreign trips. These trips are public, but their expenses are not public. On every foreign trip of Rahul Gandhi, about 3-4 people accompanied him and the total expenditure of his foreign trips is Rs 60 crore.
How did Rahul Gandhi spend 5 times his income on foreign trips?
He further said that we have the details of Rahul Gandhi’s income from 2013-14 to 2022-23. During this period, Rahul Gandhi’s income in 10 years was Rs 11 crore. Rahul Gandhi, who has an income of Rs 11 crore, has spent Rs 60 crore only on his foreign tours. How is this possible? Who is funding them? Did any foreign company fund it and did Rahul Gandhi follow the rules?
How much money did Rahul Gandhi earn and spend in which year?
Sambit Patra said that Rahul Gandhi had spent Rs 4.5 crore on his foreign trip in 2014-15. At the same time, in 2017-18, Rahul Gandhi had earned Rs 1.20 crore and spent Rs 6 crore on foreign travel. At the same time, in 2019-20, Rahul Gandhi had earned Rs 1.39 crore and he had spent Rs 4.6 crore on foreign tours. After this, in 2018-19, Rahul Gandhi’s income was Rs 1.22 crore and he spent Rs 3.9 crore on his foreign tour. After this, in 2021-22, Rahul Gandhi earned Rs 1.03 crore and spent Rs 2.6 crore on foreign travel.
How much has Rahul Gandhi’s wealth increased in 20 years?
The BJP MP also said that when Rahul Gandhi contested elections for the first time in 2004, according to his affidavit given to the Election Commission, his assets were Rs 55.58 lakh. At the same time, when he last gave an affidavit to the Election Commission in 2024, he had declared his assets to be around Rs 21 crore. How is it possible that Rahul Gandhi kept spending many times more than his income on foreign tours and his income kept increasing.
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