India News | Sonia Gandhi Leaves for US for Routine Medical Check-up: Sources
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Congress President Sonia Gandhi left for the United States on Saturday for a routine medical check-up, sources close to her said.
New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Congress President Sonia Gandhi left for the United States on Saturday for a routine medical check-up, sources close to her said.
Gandhi, 73, is expected to be away for around a fortnight and would miss more than half of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Her medical check-up was overdue and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they said.
The sources said Gandhi left for abroad early on Saturday and would return in the last week of September.
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She had cleared the Congress' organisational restructuring before departing for her medical check-up.
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