Rahul Gandhi invites opposition and Pranab Mukherjee to iftar on Wednesday

The Congress president is slated to appear in a Bhiwandi court in connection with the RSS defamation case and attacked the 'trinity' of Modi, Shah and RSS chief Bhagwat at a Congress party event

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has invited opposition leaders as also former president Pranab Mukherjee to an iftar party he is to host on Wednesday.

The move is as much a symbol of opposition unity, as it is an effort to showcase his party's commitment to secularism. Mukherjee has accepted the invite, said Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.

The iftar comes on the heels of the Congress welcoming Mukherjee’s speech to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) cadres, and the united opposition's candidate, Rashtriya Lok Dal's Tabassum Hasan, winning in Kairana Lok Sabha by-polls. She is the first Muslim candidate to enter the current