Left out

LK Advani’s press conference a few days ago was boycotted by several journalists. Reason? The night before the press conference, various National Democratic Alliance leaders had met for dinner at his residence. Since Advani’s office had invited just seven journalists for the dinner, others were offended. Bharatiya Janata Party leaders like Ananth Kumar and Shahnawaz Hussain pleaded with the angry reporters to come for the press conference but most of them would not budge. Later, some party leaders were seen telling journalists that the dinner wasn’t an official one and just a few of Advani’s personal friends had been invited.