Sonia Gandhi travels to US for regular health check-up

Congress president Sonia Gandhi left for the United States on Monday for her routine health check-up

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi left for the United States on Monday for her routine health check-up.

'Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi is travelling to U.S for a routine regular check up. She will return within a week,' tweeted Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.

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Party sources said the 68-year-old leader's check-up was due for two months and was delayed because of the Bihar Assembly polls.

Speculation over the Congress president's health peaked in 2011, when she left India for a surgery in the US.

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