The battle between AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone from political to personal. As a regular to the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, Chandrababu has been visiting the country to attract investments to Andhra Pradesh.
As part of his customary visit along with an official delegation from the state comprising of ministers and businessmen, he meets businessmen, foreign investors and several innovators and philanthropists who can work with the Government of Andhra Pradesh as well as bring in new models of development. However, this year being his 4th straight visit, he will have to restrict the number of people in the Government delegation to Davos.
As part of protocol, the state government has sent a request to the Government of India to allow a 14 member delegation to Davos. However, the Centre has restricted the number to just 4 people. This apart, while the World Economic Forum 2019 is set to go on for 7 days from January 20th to 26th, the Minister of External Affairs has informed the AP government to cut its tour to just 4 days instead of 7 days.
This is the first time that the Minister of External Affairs (MEA) has interfered with Chandrababu’s foreign tours and has levied restrictions. This attitude of the Government of India is in complete contrast to its own behaviour from two years ago when the MEA chose Chandrababu to lead Indian delegation to China on behalf of the Prime Minister.
One wonders why the sudden attempts of the Government of India to introduce such weird restrictions on a Chief Minister’s foreign trips!
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