A dramatic Day 4 of the Parliament Winter Session witnessed an escalated Opposition offensive spanning pollution, surveillance concerns, foreign-policy protocol breaches, labour rights, and even the quality of national highways — turning the Lok Sabha into a multi-issue battleground.

The day began with a sharp political confrontation after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Modi government was actively discouraging foreign leaders — including Russian President Vladimir Putin — from meeting him, breaking a decades-old democratic convention.

“Earlier, foreign leaders always met the LoP during Vajpayee ji’s and Manmohan Singh ji’s governments. Now, when I travel abroad, officials tell us they have been informed not to meet me. LoP gives a second perspective; we also represen

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