New Delhi: Amid Arvind Kejriwal’s request for political clearance to attend World Cities Summit in Singapore, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) Thursday (July 28) stated that the host authorities has shared updates and adjustments in its invitation with the Delhi authorities. “Singapore authorities has shared an replace with the Delhi govt on the invitation prolonged to it. You possibly can attain out to the Delhi govt for extra on it,” Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was quoted as saying by ANI. Bagchi additionally stated that that they had acquired a request for Delhi chief minister’s political clearance on July 21.
The event comes after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had rejected the proposal relating to the Delhi CM’s Singapore go to after which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had stated the Kejriwal authorities will strategy the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA). “The LG has suggested Kejriwal to not attend the convention since it’s a convention of mayors. The chief ministers of different states have attended this convention previously. Even the prime minister goes for state-related points. That is imply politics at work. We’ll now strategy the Ministry of Exterior Affairs straight for political clearance and hope that they’ll settle for our request,” Sisodia had stated.
Earlier, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the pending clearance for his international go to. “I’m not a legal, I’m a chief minister and a free citizen of the nation. There was no authorized foundation to cease me from visiting Singapore, so there seems to be a political motive behind this,” the AAP convenor had stated. In June, Kejriwal was invited by Excessive Commissioner of Singapore Simon Wong to the World Cities Summit to be held within the first week of August.
(With company inputs)