Vegetarian Menu For Russian President?

President Putin of Russia is like most other heads is non vegetarian. It’s a protocol to serve the dishes to distinguish guests as their choice after ascertaining through Indian representatives present in the visiting distinguished guest country source says. This time in the state dinner the menu were kept strictly vegetarian because the host President and the Prime Minister are strict vegetarians. Though the Indian non-vegetarian food is famous throughout the world for its taste source says. In the past during Indira Gandhi's time, she used to decide menus herself and a mixture of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food used to be served but now it's totally different and the best cook selects the best dishes as per the liking of guests source says. On that evening, two topics dominated conversations at the table and the chosen menu and the presence of Thiruvananthapuram Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, as a guest source says.