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PM not invited for Sonia's Iftar party

NEW DELHI, DEC. 21. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, was conspicuous by his absence at the Iftar party hosted by the Congress president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, at the AICC headquarters here today.

Asked about his absence, a spokesman of the Prime Minister's Office said that he was not invited by Ms. Gandhi.

Ms. Gandhi had attended the Iftar party hosted by the Prime Minister at Hotel Ashoka on Tuesday last.

Congress sources confirmed that Mr. Vajpayee was not invited for the party as it was a party function. Invitations were extended by Ms. Gandhi as the Congress president and not as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, they added.

- PTI

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