Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu, who played instrumental role in bifurcation of united AP last year, was conspicuous by his absence at the “bhoomi pooja” (ground-breaking ceremony) for the new capital city of Amaravati on Saturday.
While Venkaiah’s colleagues in the Narendra Modi cabinet – Nirmala Sitaraman, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Sujana Chowdary – were present at the function held at Mandadam village of Tullur mandal in Guntur district, Venkaiah was not seen.
When media persons made enquiries, it was revealed that Venkaiah was in Mumbai to attend a conference on Smart Cities, but he could have made it to the function early in the morning before leaving for Mumbai. But for some reasons known only to him, he chose to stay away from the function.
Apparently, Venkaiah might have got the hint that there would be protests from the local people for not securing special status to AP.
Otherwise, there is no other reason for him to miss such an important event. May be, there is some mistrust between him and Chandrababu Naidu. Who knows, anything is possible in politics!
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