India, Jan. 27 -- Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi's seat at the Republic Day parade on Delhi's Kartavya Path became the latest flashpoint between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the former accused the central government of violating "protocol" and "insulting".

Congress leaders on Monday flagged the seating Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge at the annual Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path. MP Randeep Singh Surjewala shared an image of the two leaders seated in the third row and alleged a lack of protocol and "decorum".

"Does such treatment of the leader of the opposition in the country meet the standards of any decorum, tradition, and protocol? This only reveals the frustration o...