India Today Conclave 2018: No issues with Rahul visiting his grandmother, says Sonia Gandhi

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has defended her son and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is under attack from several quarters after he travelled to Italy to see his grandmother on Holi following elections in three Northeastern states.

The Congress did not do well in the three assembly elections and lost power in Meghalaya even after emerging as the single largest party. Rahul Gandhi was criticised for his foreign tour as the other parties got into consultations for government formation soon after the election was over in Meghalaya.

But Sonia Gandhi defended Rahul saying, "Yes, he went to see his grandmother but he went there after doing complete electioneering. When he went electioneering was over. It was a period of three-four days when you wait for election results."