Congress leader and Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that the government was preventing him from meeting foreign dignitaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is scheduled to arrive India on Thursday evening.

“Normally, there is a tradition that whenever foreign dignitaries visit India, they meet the Leader of the Opposition. This used to happen during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s time and during Manmohan Singh’s time, it has been a long-standing tradition," Rahul Gandhi said.

He further claimed, “But nowadays, what happens is that when foreign dignitaries come here, or when I travel abroad, the government suggests to them that they should not meet the Leader of the Opposition. This is their policy, they do this every time, whether I am travelling

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