On not inviting Kharge to G20, P Chidambaram said: This can happen only where there is no democracy; The opposition has not ceased to exist yet

Chidambaram said- I have received information through media that Congress Party President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has not been invited to the leaders' dinner organized by the President at G20. Right now there is no such situation where democracy and opposition will cease to exist.

Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge reacted to the President not inviting him to the dinner party. Congress President said- They (Centre) should not do low level politics. This is not good.

Rahul criticized the government in Brussels
On September 8, Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a press conference in Brussels, had criticized the central government for not inviting Kharge. Rahul had said that he has decided not to invite the leader of the opposition. This tells you something.

This tells you that they do not give importance to the leader of 60% of the population of India. This is something that people should think about. Why do they feel the need to do this and what is the thinking behind it?

Sanjay Raut said- If Modi is the leader of the opposition, we will definitely call him.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that you have invited Manmohan Singh for dinner, you know that Manmohan Singh is not well and is not going to come, but you have not invited Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. If there is no place for the leader of the opposition in democracy then it is dictatorship.

Such a big conference is being held in the country. You should call everyone and talk. Our government will come in 2024, but if we remain in power, we will not make this mistake. If Modi ji is the leader of the opposition then he will also be invited.

Congress leader of Tamil Nadu said - If there is Modi then there is Manu.
On Kharge not being invited to the dinner, Tamil Nadu Congress leader Mohan Kumaramangalam said - If there is Modi then there is Manu. Kharge was not invited because he is a Dalit. Mohan Kumaramangalam said- 'PM Narendra Modi is holding the legacy of Maharishi Manu. There were many such events where lower caste leaders were not invited. Former President Ram Nath Kovind was not invited to the Bhoomi Pujan of Ram temple in Ayodhya. President Draupadi Murmu was not invited to the inauguration of the new Parliament.

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh said – this is unfortunate
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that it is very unfortunate that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was not invited to the dinner. The dissent of the opposition should be respected.

170 guests invited for dinner
President Draupadi Murmu has hosted a dinner party on the first day of the G20 summit on Saturday. The dinner will be held in a hall of Bharat Mandapam. Apart from heads of state and delegates from around the world, 170 people from India and abroad including Chief Ministers, Union and State Ministers of all the states of India have been invited to the dinner.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend this dinner party. Apart from this, former President Ramnath Kovind, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda will also be included.

Modi cabinet ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, S Jaishankar, Arjun Munda, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Pralhad Joshi have also been invited.

Invitation to Chief Ministers of all states
Chief Ministers of all the states have also been invited for the dinner party. Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar, Bhupesh Baghel, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Pema Khandu, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Pramod Sawant, Eknath Shinde, N Biren Singh, Bhupendra Patel, Manohar Lal Khattar have also received invitation.

Apart from these, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Hemant Soren, Siddaramaiah, Pinarayi Vijayan, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Conrad Sangma, Zoramthanga, Nephew Rio, Naveen Patnaik, Rangaswami, Bhagwant Singh Mann, Ashok Gehlot, PS Golai, MK Stalin, K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Manik Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Pushkar Singh Dhami and Mamata Banerjee have also been invited.

India took over the presidency of G20 on December 1 last year. Nearly 200 G20-related meetings were held in 60 cities across the country. The 18th G20 Summit in New Delhi is the culmination of all G20 processes and meetings held throughout the year.