New Delhi [India], December 5 : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday raised concerns over traffic restrictions imposed for VIP movements, questioning whether such rules also apply to ambulances.
In a post on X, Chidambaram alleged that earlier in the morning today, an ambulance was stopped for a few minutes on Tees January Marg.
"Do traffic restrictions imposed for VIP movement apply to Ambulances as well? This morning, on Tees January Marg, an Ambulance was stopped for a few minutes and its siren silenced. Will the CoP Delhi please review this restriction?" the senior Congress leader asked.
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Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is on his first visit to India in four years.
Earlier today, the President of the Russian Federation was welcomed by President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, where he received the ceremonial tri-services guard of honour as the forecourt echoed with the sound of the Indian as well as the Russian national anthem.
Following his ceremonial welcome and a tri-services guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in the national capital.
He laid a wreath, paid floral tributes at the memorial to the Father of the Nation and also signed the visitors' book at the Rajghat.
The Russian President was accompanied by Minister of State for the Ministry of External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, to the memorial site.
The Russian President is on a two-day State visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During his State visit, the Russian President will hold the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit with PM Modi.
Four years after their last in-person interaction on Indian soil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to share the stage once again in the national capital today for bilateral talks.
Since their last meeting here in December 2021, Putin arrived in the national capital on Thursday and PM Modi broke with protocol to greet him on the tarmac.
Following his arrival at the Palam Airport, PM Modi welcomed Putin with a hug.
PM Modi, in a post on X, stated that the "friendship" between the two leaders is a "time-tested one" and he was delighted to welcome Putin back to India after four years.
Both leaders shared the same car ride to the Lok Kalyan Marg residence of Prime Minister Modi, where Putin was gifted a copy of the sacred Bhagwad Gita.