'Insult' to 4 crore people of Telangana: Why CM Revanth Reddy's US visit clearance was denied
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Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy Photograph: (ANI)
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy returned to Hyderabad after the MEA denied political clearance for his proposed US visit, citing concerns over the itinerary.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Monday returned to Hyderabad on Monday after the Ministry of External Affairs denied clearance for his proposed trip to Boston, US. In a press conference on Monday, he accused the Central Government of "insulting" 4 crore people of Telangana.
"We had informed the MEA about the visit. The CMO had informed the MEA about the purpose of the visit. The objective was to promote Telangana as a sports and investment hub and bring world-class universities to the state. MEA examined the proposal and informed that, for political reason visit was declined," the Chief Minister said Monday.
"This is not the permission denial to Revanth Reddy but a disrespect toward the Telangana people. It's because of Gujarat supremacy. It is like obstructing Telangana's growth and development," Reddy said, addressing a press conference hours after returning to Hyderabad from his UK visit.
He said that the decision was against the spirit of cooperative federalism. He framed this as a conspiracy of Gujarat against Telangana.
"What is the political angle - Modi is BJP, Revanth Reddy is Congress, Modi is Gujarat, Revanth is Telangana, is this the 'political angle' which they mentioned while denying the permission? It is totally against federal Cooperatism. Gujarat is conspiring against Telangana, I condemn it," he said.
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Why was Telangana CM Revanth Reddy's US visit clearance denied?
The Telangana Chief Minister was cleared exclusively for the United Kingdom leg of the tour. Reddy was in London for three days and completed his scheduled meetings and academic arrangements. However, he was denied political clearance for his visit to the US. MEA spokesperson claimed that the proposed purpose of the visit does not match the itinerary of the visit.
"Let me say that the visits of chief ministers, as indeed those of other dignitaries, are assessed by the Ministry of External Affairs in order to accord political clearance. The programme proposed in such cases should be appropriate to the office held and the purpose of the visit. In this particular case, that was not so with respect to the United States. Therefore, the clearance was denied and not given. Incidentally, let me also tell you that clearance was given for his visit to the United Kingdom," the MEA spokesperson had said last week.
Reddy had planned a visit to the campuses of Harvard University and MIT on August 24, followed by a visit to the North-Eastern campus and meeting with a team of Virginia Tech University in Boston on August 25the North-Eastern campus and meeting with a team from Virginia Tech University in Boston on August 25. His itinerary also included a meet-and-greet event with the Indian Overseas Congress in New York on August 26, before returning to India on August 30.
