Rahul on a visit to Vietnam to be 'guest' of anti-India people: BJP
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Saturday claimed that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who recently returned from Germany, has now embarked on a visit to Vietnam to be the "guest of anti-India people" and speak against the country again.
Alleging that Gandhi travels abroad to "spew venom" against India, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi demanded that the Congress make it public as to who invites him to their countries.
There was no immediate response from the Congress.
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Speaking to reporters here, Trivedi said, "After Malaysia, Colombia and Germany, according to media reports, Rahul Gandhi has now embarked on a visit to Vietnam."
"Though his whereabouts will be known only when he appears somewhere, people of India will certainly see him being a guest of some anti-India people and making anti-India statements, as he did during his previous foreign trips," he alleged, attacking the Congress leader.
The BJP had recently alleged that Gandhi had a meeting with "enemies of India" during his visit to Germany and demanded transparency in the engagements of the Leader of Opposition with "global actors abroad".
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Rupee hits all-time low for second time in a week
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 31 paise to settle at 91.99 against the US dollar on Wednesday, touching the lowest closing level for the second time in less than a week, amid increased month-end demand for the greenback.
Forex traders said the rupee opened higher as the US dollar index softened and a long-awaited trade breakthrough with Europe offered quiet reassurance. However, increased month-end demand for the American currency as well as the ongoing geopolitical tensions dented investors' sentiments.
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 91.60 and touched an early high of 91.50, but pared all the gains to touch an intra-day low of 91.99 against the greenback.
The domestic unit settled 31 paise down, revisiting its lowest-ever closing level of 91.99 against the greenback. The Indian currency previously ended at this level on January 23 when it also hit its all-time intraday low of 92 against the US dollar.
On Tuesday, the rupee rebounded from its all-time low levels and gained 22 paise to close at 91.68 against the US dollar.
Analysts said the rupee opened higher as the US dollar index softened and a long-awaited trade breakthrough with Europe bolstered investor sentiment.
India and the European Union on Tuesday announced the conclusion of negotiations for the free trade agreement (FTA), under which a number of domestic sectors such as apparel, chemicals and footwear will get duty-free entry into the 27-nation bloc, while the EU will get access to the Indian market at concessional duty for cars and wines, an official said.
The deal has been dubbed the "mother of all deals" as it will create a market of about 2 billion people.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.07 per cent lower at 96.14.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 0.43 per cent lower at USD 67.28 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, Sensex jumped 487.20 points to settle at 82,344.68, while Nifty surged 167.35 points to 25,342.75.
Foreign Institutional Investors turned net buyers and purchased equities worth Rs 480.26 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data.
