India, Jan. 26 -- The Opposition's objection to seating arrangements at the Republic Day parade have sparked political sparring multiple times, and this year may be no different. Congress MP and general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday flagged the seating of Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge at the annual Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path.

He 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 of a government plagued by an inferiority complex," he said.

He said...