How did Rahul Gandhi bypass COVID laws for his Milan trip?

On Sunday, we have been knowledgeable by the media that Rahul Gandhi is off to certainly one of his international journeys once more. Ahead of New Years eve, the senior Congress chief left for Milan on a Qatar Airlines Flight. The Congress get together has not confirmed the departure however they haven’t denied the media studies both as of now.
Under regular circumstances, Rahul Gandhi’s international journey at a time when his get together is backing the ‘farmer protests’ whereas virtually begging him to return because the get together president wouldn’t increase eyebrows, it’s what the nation has come to anticipate of him.
But amidst the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, a sure side of his purported go to to Milan has come to mild that calls for a more in-depth inspection. People on social media have identified that beneath the Covid norms which might be in place Italy, will probably be extraordinarily tough for Rahul Gandhi to enter the nation.
Is that so?The solely means he may get across the COVID-19 entry necessities to Italy from India, on the peak of the present pandemic measures, is that if:– he’s nonetheless an Italian or EU citizen; or– he has a secret accomplice/children who’re Italian residents.https://t.co/hMgZA9q9wI https://t.co/WLZ3eyGIqe pic.twitter.com/g2bXXAq9Dl— Ruchir Sharma (@ruchirsharma_1) December 27, 2020
India is at present in List E international locations in response to the official authorities web site. According to the principles in pressure for the Christmas and New Year interval, folks in List E international locations can journey to Italy just for work, well being or research causes, absolute urgency and return to 1’s personal domicile, dwelling, or residence.
The guidelines state, “Return/entry into Italy from this group of countries is always allowed to Italian/EU/Schengen citizens and their family members, as well as to holders of long-term resident status and their family members.”
“The Ministerial Decree of December 3, 2020 also confirms the possibility of entry into Italy, from these countries, for people who have a proven and stable relationship (even if not cohabiting) with Italian/EU/Schengen citizens or with individuals who are legally resident in Italy (long-term residents), who need to reach their partner’s home/domicile/residence (in Italy),” it provides.
One wonders what particular purpose did Rahul Gandhi present for getting into Italy. Health or research causes appear unlikely. And additionally it is unlikely that Italy will think about New Year celebrations as an “absolute urgency”. Then the 2 choices that stay are both work or private familial causes.
Rahul Gandhi is the chief of a political get together in India, subsequently, a secretive journey for work-related causes to a international nation would naturally increase suspicions. And whether it is for work associated functions that he was allowed entry, then Indians deserve extra particulars concerning the nature of the work.
The different risk is that Rahul Gandhi has household in Italy who he visits. Lots of people on social media seem to search out this purpose to be way more believable. Rahul Gandhi’s maternal household is of Italian origins. Hence, that might be one risk. Only different household he may have in Italy can be by way of marriage. And that’s not a risk, so far as we all know.
But all of this can be a matter of hypothesis and solely the Congress get together and the politician himself can present extra readability to the state of affairs.
BJP leaders have recurrently cornered Rahul Gandhi on his international journeys. In 2017, Amit Shah had stirred the hornet’s nest by asking Rahul Gandhi why he had not taken his SPG cowl on his international journeys and requested him what he was attempting to cover. Rajnath Singh, then Home Ministerm, revealed that within the earlier two years, Gandhi had been on 6 international excursions unfold over a complete of 72 days the place he didn’t take alongside his SPG cowl.