new delhi: congressmen are reportedly indignant at their president, sonia gandhi, being blacked out on doordarshan from the republic day parade coverage. it might have gone unnoticed, party sources said, had sonia not been asked by several people at the president's at home on saturday. sonia responded that she had, indeed, been present all through the parade.
congress sources said it was strange that the leader of the opposition was not caught on the tv cameras even once when even senior officials such as delhi police commissioner ajay raj sharma were shown by the dd.