Rahul Gandhi in Germany HIGHLIGHTS: Rahul Gandhi’s visits to Germany and UK are a part of the Congress’ NRI outreach programme ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. (File) Rahul Gandhi in Germany HIGHLIGHTS: Rahul Gandhi’s visits to Germany and UK are a part of the Congress’ NRI outreach programme ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. (File) Rahul Gandhi in Germany LIVE: Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day trip to Germany, will address the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin shortly. This is his second event in Germany, after speaking at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg on Wednesday. At that event, Gandhi said the BJP-led government’s weakening of “support structures” provided to the marginalised castes and sections, demonetisation and a “badly implemented” GST were the reasons for increasing incidents of mob lynchings and attacks on Dalits and minorities. Read Also: Is this your idea of justice, Mr 56? Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi over death of Unnao rape witness The Congress chief will then visit the UK, where he will address an event organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in collaboration with local Indian-origin parliamentarians. Gandhi’s visits are a part of the Congress’ NRI outreach programme ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.<doc-sep>Image Source : PTI Rahul Gandhi- File photo Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting in Berlin, Germany on Thursday. Rahul Gandhi is presently on a four-day tour of the United Kingdom and Germany. On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi had interacted with students of the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg. After completion of his Germany visit, Rahul Gandhi will leave for the United Kingdom where he will address an event organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in collaboration with some local Indian-origin parliamentarians. Latest World News<doc-sep>A post on Thursday by the Congress' Twitter handle showing pictures of its president Rahul Gandhi looking in different directions at German Parliament invited a variety of responses, with the ruling BJP retweeting it, saying it couldn't resist doing so. The Congress had tweeted a collage of four pictures of Rahul Gandhi at Bundestag, German Parliament, under the headline "The many facets of Rahul Gandhi. #Bundestag". In Germany, the Congress president on Wednesday had claimed that the incidents of lynching in India were due to anger emanating from joblessness and "destruction" of small businesses due to demonetization and the "poorly implemented" GST by the ruling BJP. In his address in Hamburg, Gandhi traced the creation of ISIS to warn against a similar situation at home if people are excluded from the development process. "It is very dangerous in the 21st century to exclude people. If you don't give people a vision in the 21st century somebody else will give them one. "And that's the real risk of excluding large number of people from our development processes," he said, accusing the BJP government of excluding tribals, Dalits and minorities from the development process. Asserting that the transformation taking place in the world requires certain protection for people, he accused the current dispensation in India of taking these protections away from them and hitting the informal economy through demonetisation and GST, causing anger which is leading to lynching incidents. "They (the BJP government) feel that tribal communities, poor farmers, lower caste people, minorities shouldn't get the same benefits as the elite," the Congress president alleged. Gandhi claimed that the other thing the BJP has done is that they have started attacking the support structures created to help certain groups of people. For in-depth, objective and more importantly balanced journalism, Click here to subscribe to Outlook Magazine<doc-sep>In the first batch of pictures, Rahul Gandhi is seen looking in various directions while standing inside the German federal parliament Bundestag. The Congress on Thursday posted pictures on social media of its president Rahul Gandhi, who is currently in Germany as part of his four-day visit to Europe. However, the party inadvertently provided netizens at least a day's fodder for memes. In the first batch of pictures, Rahul is seen looking in various directions while standing inside the German federal parliament Bundestag. In the second batch, Rahul is seen walking through the well-lit 'Archive of German Members of Parliament', with his hand raised in one of the pictures, giving an illusion of him touching a lightbulb. CP @RahulGandhi walks through the 'Archive of German Members of Parliament', the 'archive' has boxes labeled with every MP elected to the Bundestag from 1919 & 1999. The 'archive boxes' resemble brick walls, which are a metaphor for the foundation of the parliamentary structure. pic.twitter.com/o6Fi2ak5Sx — Congress (@INCIndia) August 23, 2018 Twitterati had a field day, as users shared memes made out of Rahul's photographs. Congress' main rival BJP, too, wasted no time in taking a dig at the party chief. Even we couldn't resist retweeting this 😉 https://t.co/M0y9Uvun7M — BJP (@BJP4India) August 23, 2018 Me during viva in college time. pic.twitter.com/4qBZAfFs1a — Aditi Sharma (@IAS_ADITI_) August 23, 2018 That reaction when people of india ask from @RahulGandhi what is your visions for India's future pic.twitter.com/CTT5gsd5sB — Bhrustrated® (@AnupamUncl) August 23, 2018 Why is he trying to touch the bulbs? Aloo se sona nikala tha aab bulb se kya nikalega? — Un-bhadralok bangali (@goonereol) August 23, 2018 Rahul Gandhi looking for alliance partners for 2019 elections... pic.twitter.com/l5SkMqsUse — Un-bhadralok bangali (@goonereol) August 23, 2018 Question - How many Congressi does it take to change Light Bulb ??? Answer - 102 Rahul Gandhi to attempt it, Sam Pitroda to actually do it, and 100 Congressi required to Trend - "Rahul Gandhi : a Bulb-Changer" pic.twitter.com/q4nfoP6jxO — Rishi Bagree 🇮🇳 (@rishibagree) August 23, 2018 How many Light bulb does it take to change Rahul Gandhi? pic.twitter.com/35L4icZyy5 — 🅱 h a r g a v (@bhargavDchandra) August 23, 2018 Why should others troll Rahul Gandhi when his own IT cell is doing a splendid job at it — Masakadzas (@Nesenag) August 23, 2018 Rahul, who left for his visit to UK and Germany on 21 August, is scheduled to return to India on 25 August.<doc-sep>
This was part of a collage of photos taken in the German federal parliament. The Congress called them the "many facets of Rahul Gandhi". (Photo: Twitter/@INCIndia) A pitstop at a food stall, a now-famous photoshoot in the German parliament and a couple of barbs at the Modi government -- this is Lonely Planet Germany: The Rahul Gandhi edition. The Congress boss's pit stops in the European powerhouse made plenty of news -- for example, he brought up the example of the Islamic State's formation while accusing the Modi government of excluding minorities from development. And then there was this collage of photos, taken in the German federal parliament. "Me watching a Hollywood movie in front of [my] parents, and a kiss scene appears", read one of the Twitter comments. Even the BJP couldn't hide its amusement. Even we couldn't resist retweeting this ;) https://t.co/M0y9Uvun7M BJP (@BJP4India) August 23, 2018 There were other candid camera moments, too. Here he is standing at a food stall -- something he rarely does in New Delhi...at least, not without being overwhelmed by selfie requests. Always the most important question- what should we eat? pic.twitter.com/e7J07Xapuc Divya Spandana/Ramya (@divyaspandana) August 22, 2018 Later, Rahul apparently got a free drink, too. Doesn't he look delighted? "A fellow Indian offered us some fresh juice on the house," said Divya Spandana, the Congress's head of social media. (Photo: Twitter/@divyaspandana) Now here he is in the archive of German MPs. "The 'archive boxes' resemble brick walls, which are a metaphor for the foundation of the parliamentary structure," Divya Spandana explained. (Photo: Twitter/@divyaspandana) Rahul is now in the UK. He's already accused Modi of usurping the powers of Sushma Swaraj, the external affairs minister, and said she "has got nothing to do except issue visas". Stay tuned. The travelogue isn't over yet. WATCH | Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi in Hamburg speech