The Congress hit out at the Narendra Modi government on Thursday, alleging it is not allowing opposition leaders to meet visiting foreign leaders and other dignitaries.

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that the current government at the Centre has gone against tradition by refusing to allow opposition leaders to meet visiting foreign dignitaries.

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“Generally, the tradition has been that whoever visits India, the LoP used to have a meeting. It used to happen in the Vajpayee government and the Manmohan Singh government. But this is not the case now,” Rahul told the media.

Rahul further claimed that the government was insecure about him meeting people when he is travelling abroad as

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