After Rahul Gandhi's charge that the Narendra Modi government has been breaking a long-standing tradition by not organising meetings between foreign dignitaries and opposition leaders, a look at the Congress MP's meetings with visiting delegations since he became the Leader of Opposition in 2024 suggests otherwise.

Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit , the Congress MP accused the government of breaking an old tradition of inviting foreign dignitaries on state visits to meet Opposition leaders.

"It used to happen during the governments of Vajpayee ji and Manmohan Singh ji. This has been a tradition. But these days, when foreign dignitaries visit or when I travel abroad, the government advises them not to meet the LoP. We, too, represent India. It is not just the government

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