New Delhi: Not Rahul Gandhi nor Mallikarjun Kharge. Perhaps the only Congress leader to be invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan for the ceremonial dinner being thrown in the honour of Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday is Shashi Tharoor.

According to TOI, Tharoor has confirmed that he has been invited to the President’s dinner. Speaking to the media outside the Parliament complex, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said he will “definitely go” to the dinner. ADVERTISEMENT

This has caused considerable discomfort to the Congress that has been accusing the government of keeping the opposition away from Putin. The party confirmed that invitations were not extended to Rahul, who is Leader of Opposition (LOP) in the in the Lok Sabha or Congress president Kharge, who is also the LOP in the Rajya Sabha

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