Telangana CM Revanth Reddy’s US trip junked, no ‘political’ clearance from Centre

4 min learnHyderabadUp to date: Aug 21, 2026 04:32 PM IST

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s go to to the United States has been cancelled after the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) denied permission, saying “clearance from political angle is denied”, his workplace mentioned on Friday.

Reddy, who had launched into a 10-day tour of the UK and the US with a ‘Telangana Rising’ delegation on August 20 to signal MoUs with instructional establishments, will now return from London to Hyderabad on August 23, as a substitute of leaving for Boston.

“Way forward for youth, improvement of state, nation needs to be above politics. I’ve all the time believed we must always all suppose past politics and elections in terms of nation-building and the way forward for the youth,” Reddy mentioned, responding to the event.

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Officers mentioned that the state authorities had sought permission from the Centre on August 16, however solely the UK journey was authorized. The Centre knowledgeable the state authorities of its refusal of permission after the official delegation reached the UK.

“The go to of Chief Minsters, as in deed, different dignitaries is assessed by the ministry with a view to accord political clearance. This system proposed in such instances needs to be acceptable to the workplace held and the aim of the go to. On this explicit case, that was not so in respect of the US. Subsequently, clearance has not been given. By the way his go to to the UK has been cleared,” the MEA mentioned in an announcement.

In the meantime, Reddy has instructed the delegation to proceed with the US tour and to signal MoUs with prime instructional establishments reminiscent of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise, Northeastern College, and Virginia Tech.

‘Wish to carry world’s greatest establishments to India’

On Friday and Saturday, Reddy will meet officers from Oxford, Cambridge and different prime British faculties in London. “TelanganaRising is unstoppable. The one goal of the go to was to, as a part of the Centre’s new schooling coverage, carry the world’s greatest establishments to India, to Telangana, to Hyderabad. They’d have been a solution to our youth’s aspirations to get schooling, expertise, and coaching from one of the best Ivy Leagues and prime international establishments,” Reddy mentioned.

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“We’ll make Hyderabad a worldwide data hub. The creation of universities from Osmania to HCU to JNTU et al made Hyderabad a hub for greatest human sources. A single faculty, Hyderabad Public Faculty, has proven how we will lead the world, producing a few of the best tech leaders. The beginning of IIT, ISB, IIIT, and NALSAR helped Hyderabad entice prime companies and their GCCs. Now, we are going to make Hyderabad the house for the world’s best schooling and expertise establishments to energy our twenty first century journey,” he added.

Reddy mentioned his resolve was to make Hyderabad one of many prime international cities, “the place any widespread Indian can get schooling and certificates from Harvard and Oxford, or an MIT and LBS or LSE”. “Whereas most leaders wish to ship their kids overseas, I wish to carry the world’s greatest to India,” he added.

Sreenivas Janyala is a Deputy Affiliate Editor at The Indian Categorical, the place he serves as some of the authoritative voices on the socio-political and financial panorama of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. With a profession spanning over 20 years in mainstream journalism, he offers deep-dive evaluation and frontline reporting on the intricate dynamics of South Indian governance.

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Regional Specialization: Primarily based in Hyderabad, Sreenivas has spent greater than 20 years documenting the evolution of the Telugu-speaking states. His reporting was foundational in the course of the historic Telangana statehood motion and continues to trace the post-bifurcation improvement of each Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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Inner Safety & Battle: Authoritative reporting on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), the decline of the Maoist motion in former hotbeds, and intelligence-led investigations into regional safety modules.

Governance & Infrastructure: Detailed evaluation of large irrigation initiatives (like Kaleshwaram and Polavaram), capital metropolis developments (Amaravati), and the implementation of state welfare schemes.

Disaster & Well being Reporting: Led the publication’s ground-level protection of the Covid-19 pandemic in South India and main industrial incidents, such because the Vizag fuel leak.

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