Opp'n leaders could have been at Putin dinner: Tharoor amid 'no invite to Rahul' row

Amid row over not inviting Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to State dinner for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "I certainly do feel that in a democracy like ours, the opposition leaders could have been there." "I was there more in my capacity as the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament," he added.