G-20 Presidency Meeting: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will attend the second G20 chairmanship meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 December. According to the information, CM Banerjee will attend the meeting virtually from her residence in Kalighat.
India’s G20 chairmanship is an honor for the country that every Indian should be proud of, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought cooperation from political parties for its success, terming them as stakeholders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told political parties at the meeting on Monday that India’s G20 chairmanship is an honor for the country which every Indian should be proud of.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired an all-party meeting to underline the importance of India’s chairmanship of the G20 and brief the leaders about the government’s approach.
The meeting held at Rashtrapati Bhavan was attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Leaders who spoke at the meeting included former prime ministers HD Deve Gowda, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, MK Stalin, Mamata Banerjee, JP Nadda and N Chandrababu Naidu. Union Home Minister Amit Shah presided over the meeting on behalf of the government. , The opening remarks were made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, followed by a presentation by the Foreign Secretary. Senior ministers of the government including Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were present in the meeting.
India formally assumed the chairmanship of the G20 on 1 December.
(With ANI inputs)
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