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- Singapore withdraws summit invitation to Kejriwal
- High Commissioner of Singapore invites Chief Minister of Delhi for World Cities Summit
- CM Kejriwal also wrote a letter to PM Modi seeking permission to attend the summit
According to a report in The Times, the Singapore government has withdrawn its invitation to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to attend the World Cities Summit 2022, as it is unable to accept any additional additions to the plenary session. , because the approval deadline of July 20 has already passed. of India.
Delhi government accused the Center
The Delhi government accused the Center of insulting the country and the city. The file for the Centre’s permission for the Chief Minister’s visit was sent to the LG on June 7, which was returned on July 21. Kejriwal had also written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking permission to attend the summit. Last month, High Commissioner of Singapore Simon Wong had invited Kejriwal for the World Cities Summit.
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External Affairs Ministry on the issue of Kejriwal’s visit
Earlier in the day, the Ministry of External Affairs said it had received a request for political clearance for the Delhi Chief Minister’s visit to Singapore last week, but given the understanding that the host government had made some updates to its invitation with Delhi. Shared the changes. government. When asked about the Delhi Chief Minister’s political clearance request, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “As we reported last week, we received an entry on our political clearance portal on July 21.” The Delhi government had applied directly to the Ministry of External Affairs for approval for Kejriwal’s visit, the day the LG office returned the file remarking that it was not fit for the chief minister to attend the mayor’s conference.