Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has left for a week-long European tour during which he will meet European Union Parliamentarians and Indian diaspora besides having interactions with students in prominent universities.
Rahul, who left on Tuesday night, will visit Belgium, France, Holland and Norway. His first stop would be Brussels where he would meet EU MPs on September 7 and this will be followed by a dinner with non-resident Indians and civil society.
Sources said the next day he will meet Indian industrialists over breakfast followed by a press conference in the Belgian capital.
From Brussels, the Congress leader will then head to Paris where he will meet French lawmakers and have a dinner meeting with NRIs on September 8. He will address a press conference in Paris too, the second one in the day after Brussels.
On September 9, Rahul will meet French Parliamentarians. He will have two interactions with students of University of Inalco and University of Sciences Po in Paris.
Rahul will fly from Paris to Holland on September 10 where he will interact with students of 448-year-old Leiden University at The Hague. The last leg of his tour will be in Norway where he will meet the country's lawmakers in Oslo followed by a meeting with NRIs. He will also have an interaction with students of University of Oslo.
The Indian Overseas Congress is organising the events for Gandhi, a senior leader said. He is scheduled to return on September 13 early morning.