Did Rahul Gandhi doze off in Lok Sabha Wednesday? The television grabs showed him sitting with closed eyes with his head tilting to the right during a Congress-demanded debate on price rise. It went viral on the social media and BJP leaders took potshots at him. “Rahul Gandhi was seen sleeping in Parliament during a debate on price rise. That’s what the Congress was doing during their 10-year rule,” BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain tweeted. Rahul Gandhi was seen sleeping in Parliament during a debate on price rise. That's what the Congress was doing during their 10 yr rule. — Shahnawaz Hussain (@ShahnawazBJP) July 9, 2014 Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi denied it, blaming the media for being focused on sensationalism. His party colleague Rajiv Shukla, on the other hand, said many MPs sleep in Parliament. “In the last 14 years of my Parliament career, I have seen a lot of people, including from the BJP, taking a nap or dozing off in Parliament. He said sometimes people shut their eyes and listen to the speech very patiently and added that even Atal Bihari Vajpayee used to do that.
