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

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

Reddy, who had embarked on a 10-day tour of the UK and the US with a ‘Telangana Rising’ delegation on August 20 to sign MoUs with educational institutions, will now return from London to Hyderabad on August 23, instead of leaving for Boston.

“Future of youth, development of state, country should be above politics. I have always believed we should all think beyond politics and elections when it comes to nation-building and the future of the youth,” Reddy said, responding to the development.

Officials said that the state government had sought permission from the Centre on August 16, but only the UK trip was approved. The Centre informed the state government of its refusal of permission after the official delegation reached the UK.

“The visit of Chief Minsters, as in deed, other dignitaries is assessed by the ministry in order to accord political clearance. The program proposed in such cases should be appropriate to the office held and the purpose of the visit.

In this particular case, that was not so in respect of the US. Therefore, clearance has not been given. Incidentally his visit to the UK has been cleared,” the MEA said in a statement. Meanwhile, Reddy has instructed the delegation to proceed with the US tour and to sign MoUs with top educational institutions such as Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, and Virginia Tech.

On Friday and Saturday, Reddy will meet officials from Oxford, Cambridge and other top British schools in London. “TelanganaRising is unstoppable. The only purpose of the visit was to, as part of the Centre’s new education policy, bring the world’s best institutions to India, to Telangana, to Hyderabad.

They would have been an answer to our youth’s aspirations to get education, skills, and training from the best Ivy Leagues and top global institutions,” Reddy said. “We will make Hyderabad a global knowledge hub. The creation of universities from Osmania to HCU to JNTU et al made Hyderabad a hub for best human resources.

A single school, Hyderabad Public School, has shown how we can lead the world, producing some of the greatest tech leaders. The start of IIT, ISB, IIIT, and NALSAR helped Hyderabad attract top corporations and their GCCs.

Now, we will make Hyderabad the home for the world’s greatest education and skills institutions to power our 21st century journey,” he added. Reddy said his resolve was to make Hyderabad one of the top global cities, “where any common Indian can get education and certificates from Harvard and Oxford, or an MIT and LBS or LSE”.

“While most leaders want to send their children abroad, I want to bring the world’s best to India,” he added. Sreenivas Janyala is a Deputy Associate Editor at The Indian Express, where he serves as one of the most authoritative voices on the socio-political and economic landscape of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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