‘Prime Minister of Bharat in ASEAN-India summit’, Congress calls govt ‘confused’
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New Delhi: Confirming suspicions that the Centre is determined to aggressively promote ‘Bharat’ as the official name of ‘India’, a document related to Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia refers to him as the ‘Prime Minister of Bharat’.
The Congress on Tuesday said the government was “confused” as it was referring to Narendra Modi as “the Prime Minister of Bharat at the 20th ASEAN-India summit”.
The opposition’s swipe came shortly after BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra shared a document related to Modi’s visit to Indonesia.
Modi will be leaving for Indonesia on Wednesday night to attend the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Look at how confused the Modi government is! The Prime Minister of Bharat at the 20th ASEAN-India summit.”
“All this drama just because the Opposition got together and called itself INDIA,” he said.
The reference to Modi as the “Prime Minister of Bharat” comes close on the heels of a G20 invite for a dinner on September 9 in the name of the “President of Bharat”, which triggered a row as opposition parties alleged the government is planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country’s name.
(With PTI inputs.)