CM Revanth calls Centre’s denial of U.S. clearance an ‘insult’ to Telangana, discrimination against it

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy termed the Centre’s refusal to grant political clearance for his proposed visit to the United States an insult to Telangana and alleged that the choice mirrored discrimination towards the Telugu State, and an effort to rob it off investments in favour of Gujarat.

Mr. Reddy mentioned the State authorities had supplied detailed data to the Centre concerning the goal and targets of his proposed international go to. “The aim of the go to and the proposed conferences had been clearly talked about. If the proposal of a Chief Minister is rejected with out correctly reviewing the knowledge, can such a call be taken with out the information of the Prime Minister?” he requested, addressing a press convention held in Hyderabad on Monday.

Rejecting rumours of his scheduled assembly with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Mr. Reddy mentioned no such appointment was fastened. Nevertheless, he quipped, “Mamdani will not be an delinquent ingredient. He’s an elected mayor.” He additionally referred to PM Modi’s 2015 unscheduled go to to Pakistan, asking, “Whom did he take permission from? Was Pakistan a pleasant nation?”

Explaining the preparations usually made for official international visits, Mr. Reddy mentioned Indian missions overseas facilitate conferences for Chief Ministers and Union Ministers travelling formally.

The Chief Minister additionally questioned the Centre’s method by citing the international visits of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. He mentioned Mr. Patel had just lately undertaken an eight-day go to to the U.S. and Canada to advertise the Vibrant Gujarat 2047 initiative and appeal to investments to the State.

“If the Gujarat Chief Minister can journey to the US and Canada to advertise Vibrant Gujarat 2047, why was the U.S. go to of the Telangana Chief Minister denied when it was proposed for comparable functions beneath Telangana Rising 2047?” Mr. Reddy requested.

Questioning the Centre’s approach, Mr. Reddy mentioned Telangana shouldn’t be handled as a lesser State. “Is Telangana being seemed down upon? Is there discrimination towards Telangana?” he requested. He alleged that makes an attempt had been being made to hinder Telangana’s improvement initiatives, notably its efforts to draw investments and set up partnerships with main international instructional and sports activities establishments.

He appealed to State BJP leaders criticising him to sentence the Centre’s choice, as they had been elected from the State, and the State’s pursuits ought to be paramount. He additionally urged the media to boost the questions. “This isn’t an insult to Revanth Reddy personally. It’s an insult to the folks of Telangana and the Telangana authorities,” he mentioned.

Mr. Reddy mentioned the federal government would proceed with its Telangana Rising 2047 programme regardless of the denial of permission for his U.S. go to. He introduced that the State authorities had determined to organise the Telangana Rising 2047 programme on December 7, 8 and 9, together with an funding summit geared toward attracting investments to Telangana.