BengaluruJun 19, 2025 21:16 IST
First revealed on: Jun 19, 2025 at 21:04 IST
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After the Ministry of Exterior Affairs denied him permission to guide a delegation to america in search of investments in Karnataka, IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge mentioned on Thursday that he would write to the MEA for a proof moreover requesting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to take up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kharge, who had sought permission to go to the US from June 14 to 27, mentioned the delegation from the Karnataka IT/BT division had fastened appointments with varied firm heads and assume tanks in New York and Boston. “Had we despatched a proposal (to the MEA) on the final minute, it was pure to be rejected. However we had deliberate it prematurely,” he mentioned.
The proposal for the delegation was cleared by the chief minister within the first week of Might, following which it was despatched to the MEA on Might 15. “On June 4, it was rejected. We now have no drawback if the go to is denied as a consequence of some causes… However on June 6, I withdrew my identify and despatched solely the record of the delegation of officers attending the journey. One June 11 it was cleared regardless of having the identical officers and similar minute-to-minute programme,” he mentioned.
The delegation, with out Kharge, is scheduled to have round 30 conferences throughout its US go to.
On June 12, Kharge advised a information convention, he despatched the identify of Karnataka State Electronics Improvement Company Chairman and MLA Sharath Bachegowda because the chief of the delegation, and the proposal was cleared by June 14.
“We is not going to let it go. (We) will write to MEA in search of a sound clarification on why permission was denied. If they’d actual considerations they need to have put it on paper. If approving a delegation after the minister’s identify is eliminated is just not politics, then what’s?” he mentioned.
The Congress chief mentioned ministers from different southern states resembling Telangana and Tamil Nadu had been additionally denied permission to guide delegations in search of funding.
“I may even request the CM to put in writing to the PM… This isn’t wholesome. Because the Authorities of India, you have got all the best to right us. However in the event you don’t give us a sound motive, then we are going to take into account it as politics,” he added.
On his latest journey to France, Kharge mentioned he was there on an invite by the organisers of the Paris Air Present. “I had not met any authorities officers. Simply assume tanks and the individuals who had invited me. For that, concurrence was not required from the MEA,” he mentioned.