There is a state dinner in honor of Russian President Putin on December 4 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was invited, but Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge were not. Let us know what is the reason behind this.
State Dinner for Putin: A state dinner has been organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday, December 4 in honor of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is visiting India. In this, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has been invited, but Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge have not received the invitation. Let us tell you that Rahul Gandhi had recently said that it is a tradition that whichever guest comes from outside, he meets the Leader of the Opposition. This has been happening since the governments of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh. But nowadays the government advises foreign guests not to meet the Leader of Opposition.
Shashi Tharoor himself told about the invitation
Congress MP Tharoor’s relations with his own party are not going well for the last 6 months. In such a situation, there has been speculation many times about his joining BJP. Shashi Tharoor himself confirmed his invitation on Friday evening. He said his invitation was a mark of courtesy extended to the head of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
What did Tharoor say on Rahul Gandhi-Kharge not being invited?
On Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge not being extended the same courtesy in the form of invitations, Shashi Tharoor said, ‘I am not aware of the procedure followed while giving invitations to the state dinner’.
Delegation decides whom it has to meet and whom not
Government sources have termed all the allegations made by Rahul Gandhi as baseless and baseless. According to the information given by the government, Rahul Gandhi became the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha on June 9, 2024 and since then has met 4 heads of state, including the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. According to sources, it is not the Ministry of External Affairs that decides, but the delegation coming to India decides whether it wants to meet any person from outside other than the government or not.
Russian dishes will be included in the state dinner
The dinner to be held at the President House in Putin’s honor will include dishes ranging from Kashmiri Wazwan to Russian Borscht. For this, celebrities from politics, business, culture and other fields have also been invited.