Rahul Gandhi in Nepal to attend wedding of former CNN journo

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MAY 3After a video of Rahul Gandhi, former president of Indian National Congress and a member of
Parliament, showing him partying at a night club in Kathmandu went viral, the Congress party has clarified that Rahul was in Nepal to attend
the wedding of his friend Sumnima Udas.
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Sumnima, who was a journalist with CNN, is the
daughter of Ambassador of Nepal to Myanmar Bhim Udas. She is getting married to Nima Martin Sherpa, a Nepali businessman
based in China.The video created a buzz in India after Amit Malviya, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party's information and technology
department, put it on Twitter.When asked about Gandhi's whereabouts, Congress communication department head Randeep Surjewala told
reporters, "Rahul Gandhi has not gone as an uninvited guest like Prime Minister Modi went to Pakistan to celebrate birthday and cut cakes
for the then Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif
Rahul Gandhi has gone to a friendly country Nepal to participate in a private marriage function of a friend
By chance, the friend also happens to be a journalist
So I think they are also abusing your fraternity.""Last when I checked, having a family in this country, having friends in this country,
attending marriage, engagement ceremonies is a matter of our culture and civilization.It has still not become a crime in this country to be
married, to be friends with someone, or to attend their marriage celebration,"Surjewala said at an AICC press conference."Maybe after today
Prime Minister Modi and the BJP may decide that it is illegal to attend a marriage
They may say it is a crime to have friends or participate in family functions.But do let me know so that we all change our status, habits
and civilisational practices of attending the marriage of friends as also family," he added, The Indian Express reported.Rahul Gandhi had
visited Kathmandu in August 2018 also while on his way to Kailash Mansarovar.A version of this article appears in the print on May 04, 2022,
of The Himalayan Times.
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