NEW
DELHI:
Defe ce
sec eta y
RK
Si gh
o
Mo day
said
leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi
has
bee
i vited
to
the
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
at
the
Red
Fo t
o
August
15
a d
will
be
seated
immediately
afte
the
U io
Cabi et
mi iste s.”Leade
of
oppositio
has
bee
i vited,
a d
his
seati g
would
be
as
pe
the
Table
of
P ecede ce,
which
is
exactly
afte
Cabi et
mi iste s,”
Si gh
told
ews
age cy
ANI.The
cla ificatio
comes
afte
Co g ess
c iticised
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
ove
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
seati g
a a geme t
du i g
the
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
last
yea ,
allegi g
that
he
was
seated
i
the
“fifth
ow”
a d
calli g
the
move
a
display
of
“petti ess”
a d
a
dis ega d
fo
democ atic
o ms.Officials
f om
the
mi ist y
of
defe ce,
which
o ga ises
the
eve t,
said
the
seati g
was
a a ged
“acco di g
to
the
Table
of
P ecede ce”.Co g ess
had
also
accused
the
Ce t e
of
violati g
established
p otocol
a d
u de mi i g
democ atic
deco um
afte
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
we e
seated
i
the
thi d
ow
du i g
the
Republic
Day
celeb atio s
ea lie
this
yea .
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co ve satio
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As
pe
p otocol,
the
leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
has
a
a k
equivale t
to
that
of
a
Cabi et
mi iste .
Acco di g
to
the
Wa a t
of
P ecede ce
issued
by
the
P eside t’s
Sec eta iat,
seati g
a a geme ts
at
state
a d
ce emo ial
occasio s
a e
decided
based
o
co stitutio al
a k
a d
office,
a d
ot
political
affiliatio .The
Table
of
P ecede ce
is
a
p otocol
list
that
applies
to
state
a d
ce emo ial
occasio s,
i cludi g
atio al
eve ts
such
as
Republic
Day
celeb atio s,
a d
has
o
applicatio
to
the
day-to-day
fu ctio i g
of
the
gove me t.U de
A ticle
7
of
the
Table
of
P ecede ce,
the
Leade s
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
a d
Rajya
Sabha
a e
placed
alo gside
U io
Cabi et
mi iste s,
afte
the
Speake
of
Lok
Sabha,
the
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
a d
fo me
p ime
mi iste s.
