India, Oct. 13 -- In what looked like a reference at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's deciding to skip attending the Gaza peace summit in Egypt, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said India's presence event, at the level of a minister of state, stands in stark contrast to the heads of state gathered there.

Minister of state (MoS) for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh will represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a peace summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.

PM Modi was invited for the summit that is expected to be attended by US President Donald Trump and nearly 20 other world leaders.

"Strategic restraint or missed opportunity?" asked Shashi Tharoor in a post on X on Monday.

He clarified that wh...