Earlier in the day, a massive controversy had erupted over the government’s decision to send out G20 dinner invites from the ‘President of Bharat’.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday night shared an official information regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia in which he has been referred to as the ‘Prime Minister of Bharat’.
‘The Prime Minister Of Bharat’ pic.twitter.com/lHozUHSoC4
— Sambit Patra (Modi Ka Parivar) (@sambitswaraj) September 5, 2023
Modi will be leaving for Indonesia on Wednesday night to attend the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit.
The reference to Modi as the ‘Prime Minister of Bharat’ comes close on the heels of a G20 invite for a dinner on September 9 in the name of the ‘President of Bharat’, which triggered a row as opposition parties alleged that the government is planning to drop India and stay with just Bharat as the country’s name.
Customarily, in English, the country is referred as India.