Cong slams Modi for seating LoP Rahul in 5th row at I-Day event

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said that making Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi “sit in the fifth row” at the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “pettiness” and lack of respect for democratic traditions. The opposition party’s attack came after sources involved in organising the event said all seating arrangements were done “as per the table of precedence”.

They said it was decided this year that “Paris Olympics medal winners” would be honoured as special guests at the Independence Day celebrations. Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said, “Modi ji, it’s about time you wake up to the new reality post-June 4th.”