G20 invite says ‘President of Bharat’ instead of ‘President of India’, claims Congress

The masthead of a dinner invite from the president’s office sent to G20 summit delegates described Droupadi Murmu as the “President of Bharat” instead of the usual “President of India”, the Congress claimed on Tuesday.

“Article 1 in the Constitution can read: ‘Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States’”, the party’s General Secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote in a tweet. “But now even this ‘Union of States’ is under assault.”

So the news is indeed true.

Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on Sept 9th in the name of 'President of Bharat' instead of the usual 'President of India'.

Now, Article 1 in the Constitution can read: “Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States.”…— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 5, 2023

Photos of the invite show that the president will host a dinner event for the delegates on September 9.

G20 dinner invite for 9th September from President of Bharat pic.twitter.com/pGMICzoZqF— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) September 5, 2023

The matter comes to light three days after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat made an appeal to quit saying India, and use Bharat instead when referring to the country.

“The name of our country has been Bharat for ages,” he said at an event in Guwahati. “Whatever may be the...

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