New Delhi: The Congress Friday questioned its MP Shashi Tharoor’s acceptance of an invite to the state banquet organised for Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as Leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, were not extended the same courtesy.

Tharoor, who has been at odds with the Congress high command over various issues in recent months, told reporters that he assumed he received the invite because he serves as the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs and that he would definitely attend.

He announced his decision even as the Congress issued a statement noting that Rahul and Kharge had not been invited to the dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Show Full Article

“There has been speculation whether the Leader of t

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