New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jagdambika Pal alleged on Monday that Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was 'driven by a certain prejudice' to not attend the BRICS Parliamentary forum, which was attended by multiple MPs today.

"This is not the first time this has happened; he has been absent from such conferences in the past as well. After all, the public elected him as an MP and a LoP-he ought to be present. Yet, driven by a certain prejudice, he chooses not to attend-he doesn't even show up for parliamentary sessions; the last session was a complete washout," Pal told ANI.

Calling his absence 'notable', Pal said that this BRICS forum was not a parti...