India, April 23 -- The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that his overseas trips often coincide with distressing events back home. Their comments come in the aftermath of the devastating terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 people dead and 12 others injured.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the state BJP unit remarked, "Every time @RahulGandhi leaves the country, something sinister unfolds back home," implicitly linking his current US visit with the recent attack.

Rahul Gandhi is presently in the United States, where he is scheduled to visit Brown University in Rhode Island. Responding to the attack, Gandhi said he was briefed by Union ...