New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have fireside chats at the Columbia and Chicago universities on global student movements and on geopolitics, respectively during his visit to the US next week, Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda said on Wednesday.
Slamming the BJP for its repeated attack on Gandhi, alleging that he has in the past defamed India abroad, Pitroda said it was a "bogus" argument as it is "not a question of criticising anybody, it's a question of showing facts as you see it".
In an interview with news agency from Chicago, Pitroda said the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha is coming to the US mainly for two important engagements which were planned quite some time ago.
"One is a fireside chat at Columbia University mainly on the global rise of the student movement, what it means, how it is seen in India, the impact on democracy, their demands on education, employment, economy and environment. It'll be a fireside chat on 17th at the University, which will be broadcast I'm sure at the right time," Pitroda said.
"And the second one on the 18th November is at University of Chicago with a very distinguished professor Dr. (Robert) Pape, who is very well known in the geopolitics area. He has a very unique view on the Middle East, Iran war and all that. So the second conversation would be more on geopolitics and global affairs," Pitroda told news agency.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.