On a day, Russian President Vladimir Putin begins his first visit to India since the Ukraine war began in February 2022, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi said Thursday the Modi government is going against “tradition” and doesn’t want him or a representative of the Opposition to meet Putin because of their “insecurity”.

Putin is on a two-day visit to India on Thursday and Friday for annual summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Speaking to reporters in Parliament complex on Thursday afternoon, Gandhi said: “Generally, it is this government’s policy. Normally, there is a tradition that the LOP has meetings with those who come from abroad. It used to happen during Vajpayee ji’s time, Manmohan ji’s time. This has been a tradition. But these days, what happens is that

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