Because the programmes scheduled there were not appropriate to the office he held and the stated purpose of the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a briefing today, the government declined political clearance to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to visit the US.
The response came after the Telangana chief minister’s office announced the cancellation of Reddy’s US visit after not getting permission from the MEA
The response came after the Telangana chief minister’s office announced the cancellation of Reddy’s US visit after not getting permission from the MEA. The programme proposed in such cases should be appropriate to the office held and the purpose of the visit,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters today. “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. “In this particular case, that was not so with respect to the United States. Initially, permission was granted only for the UK visit. “…
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,” Jaiswal said. The state had sought the Centre’s permission to visit the two countries in accordance with procedures and protocols, according to the statement by the chief minister’s office. After the official delegation had already arrived in the UK, the Centre informed the state government that permission for the US visit would not be granted, it said. “Although the delegation led by the chief minister was scheduled to visit the UK and the USA, Revanth Reddy cancelled the US leg of the trip after the Centre informed the state that permission was being denied on political grounds,” his office said in a post on X. Nevertheless, respecting the Centre’s decision, he decided to return to Hyderabad from London instead of proceeding to Boston, USA,” the chief minister’s office said.
