Khera questions Tharoor's "conscience" over Putin banquet invite

• Pawan Khera questioned Shashi Tharoor for accepting an invitation to the President's banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Khera expressed surprise at the invite and Tharoor's acceptance, raising questions of conscience.
• Khera criticized the government for not inviting opposition leaders (LoPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi) to the banquet.
• Shashi Tharoor defended his attendance, citing a tradition of inviting the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs chairman to such events.
• Rahul Gandhi previously alleged the government instructs visiting foreign dignitaries not to meet the Leader of the Opposition.

Why It Matters: Reveals Congress's internal conflict over a banquet invite and protocol.