 "'President of Bharat': Congress slams Centre over President's dinner invite")
The Centre on Tuesday released G20 dinner invites sent in the name of "President of Bharat" instead of "President of India".
Following the release of the invites, the Congress slammed the Centre over the same.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted on X (formerly Twitter): "So the news is indeed true. Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on September 9 in the name of "President of Bharat" instead of the usual "President of India".
He further tweeted: "Now, Article 1 in the Constitution can read: 'Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States'. But now even this 'Union of States' is under assault."
Following his tweet, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J P Nadda said, "Why does the Congress have objection to every subject related to the honor and pride of the country?"
Nadda tweeted: "Can we expect anything from a party which does not even know India's Preamble. Congress = Lack of respect for the Constitution and Dr Ambedkar. Shameful."
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