Congress Kerala MP's statement leaves Rahul Gandhi and party red-faced

Congress MP said the party had pressure on them to visit the riot affected areas because IUML and Left parties had made the visit

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Just before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with a delegation of party leaders and Members of Parliament (MPs), on Wednesday embarked on his visit to the riot-hit areas of north-east Delhi, a statement by a Lok Sabha MP from Kerala, K Suresh, left the party red-faced. Before the delegation left in a bus for Brijpuri and other parts of north-east Delhi, Suresh said the Congress MPs had so far not visited the riot-affected areas, even as the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Left parties, led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), had. "So we were