ROW CROPS UP OVER BHARAT VS INDIA IN G20 DINNER INVITATION

The issue has sparked a war of words between the Opposition and BJP.

- ASHISH SINHA

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that the Modi government is undermining the concept of the “Union of States” by pointing out that a G20 dinner invitation refers to the President as the “President of Bharat” instead of the “President of India.”

This issue has sparked a war of words between the Opposition leaders and the ruling BJP.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter to state, “So, the news is indeed true. Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on Sept 9th in the name of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the usual ‘President of India.’ Now, Article 1 in the Constitution can read: ‘Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States.’ But now even this ‘Union of States’ is under assault.”