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Chief Ministers To Skip
President's G20 Dinner
G20 Summit dinner: Sources said former prime
ministers and Chief ministers, including
opposition-ruled states among others, have been
invited to the gala dinner.

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India News Press Trust of India

Updated: September 08, 2023 5:37 pm IST

Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda will not

attend the G20 dinner. (File)

New Delhi: Former prime ministers

Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda will
not attend the G20 dinner hosted by
President Droupadi Murmu for world leaders
on Saturday due to "health reasons".

Sources said former prime ministers and

Chief ministers, including opposition-ruled
states among others, have been invited to
the gala dinner.

Both Mr Singh and Mr Deve Gowda have

conveyed to the central government about
their inability to attend the dinner. "I wish the
G20 summit a grand success", Mr Gowda
said on X.

Trinamool chief and West Bengal Chief

Minister Mamata Banerjee has confirmed
their presence at the event. According to
sources, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
are also likely to attend the G20 dinner.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder

Singh Sukhu is also coming to the national
capital on September 9 to attend the
President's dinner, his close aides
confirmed. There are also reports that Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may also attend
the dinner.

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Meanwhile, Congress sources said

Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the
Opposition, who is equivalent to a Union
minister rank and holds a constitutional
position, has not been invited to the dinner.

Asked about Mr Kharge not being invited to

the G20 dinner, Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi said, "They have decided not to
invite the Leader of the Opposition, it tells
you something."

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"It tells you that they don't value the leader

of 60 percent of India's population. And it's
something that people should think about.
Why do they feel the need to do that and
what is the type of thinking that goes behind
that," he told reporters in Brussels when
asked about it.

Ms Banerjee will be travelling to New Delhi

on Friday afternoon to attend the G20
dinner, officials said and added that during
her stay in the national capital, she will also
meet leaders of different political parties.

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However, chief ministers of Congress-ruled

states of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and
Rajasthan are unlikely to be present. There
was no confirmation available about
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel
and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's
presence at the dinner.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is

also not attending the President's G20
dinner, sources close to him said.

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President Murmu will host the dinner on

Saturday at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for
the G20 summit of world leaders.

(Except for the headline, this story has not

been edited by NDTV staff and is published
from a syndicated feed.)

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