Reminiscent of her lunch in Feb 2004, Sonia hosts dinner for Oppn leaders

Leaders of 20 Opposition political parties attended a dinner that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi hosted for them at her official residence at 10, Janpath on Tuesday evening.

Last week, Sonia Gandhi had said she was hosting the dinner of “like-minded parties”, who needed to forget their rivalries on the ground to come together for the sake of the country.

Sonia Gandhi’s dinner diplomacy comes days before the Congress plenary session, its first under its new chief Rahul Gandhi.

Her dinner diplomacy was reminiscent of the lunch she had hosted for opposition leaders on February 5, 2004, after the Atal Bihari