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Even as the controversy was brewing, the Congress released pictures of Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge unfurling the national flag at the Congress headquarters in Indira Bhawan<\/h2>\n
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PM Modi at the I-Day event at Red Fort; Rahul Gandhi at Indira Bhawan. (PTI) <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

The absence of top two leaders <\/a>of the Congress \u2013 Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge \u2013 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Independence Day event at Red Fort has stirred a row, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) already making it an issue.<\/p>\n

The BJP has called it a \u201cdisrespect” to both the PM\u2019s position, the flag, and more importantly, to the \u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 which was the theme of the August 15 celebrations today.<\/p>\n

Even as the controversy was brewing, the Congress released pictures of both Gandhi and Kharge unfurling the national flag at the Congress headquarters in Indira Bhawan.<\/p>\n

As an LoP, Gandhi had attended the Red Fort event last year, but it soon snowballed into a huge controversy<\/a>. Many in the Congress objected to the fact that disrespect was shown to the LoP by making him sit at the back while other ministers sat in the front row.<\/p>\n

The Defence Ministry, which oversees the seating and other arrangements, clarified that the LoP was not targeted and the front rows were reserved for the Olympians who were being felicitated.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time that Congress has boycotted or stayed away from the PM\u2019s events. Like, it did not attend the \u2018bhoomi pujan\u2019 for the new Parliament building nor its inauguration. The Congress, despite an invite, skipped the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha on grounds that it was a BJP event and had nothing to do with religious feelings.<\/p>\n

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Congress spokesperson in tv debate with me just now confirmed that \u201cLoP” Rahul Gandhi skipped 15th August Program at Red FortThis was a national celebration but sadly Lover of Pakistan Rahul Gandhi \u2013 in Modi virodh does Desh & Sena Virodh!<\/p>\n

Shameful behaviour<\/p>\n

Is this\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The Congress has faced attack for many of its statements over \u2018Op Sindoor\u2019 and with Gandhi\u2019s questions including on how many Indian jets fell or was it the Pakistani jet; who asked for the ceasefire and was it dictated by America. The BJP has accused the Congress of speaking a language which emboldens Pakistan and is anti-national.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s invites for the Red Fort speech had Operation Sindoor as its theme, and the absence of the LoPs has given ammunition to the BJP.<\/p>\n

The PM\u2019s comment on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and emergency has also not gone down well with the Congress, where they have accused the PM of making a political point on an occasion where it should have been avoided. As per Congress, this is one reason why the top Congress leaders don\u2019t see a point in attending an event which is political and less about nationalism.<\/p>\n

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Pallavi Ghosh has covered politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als…Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pallavi Ghosh has covered politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als… Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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