The Government has taken a strong exception to the absence of its prominent leaders like Union Minister Protima Bhowmik and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb from the two days G20 meetings held in Agartala, Tripura on April 3-4. Even Tripura Sports Minister Tinku Roy was in Delhi and did not turned up.
Sources in the organising committee coordination team of ongoing G20 meetings across the country said the absence of Bhowmik and Biplab, who served as Chief Minister of the State have been escalated and they may be summoned for explanations.
Sources close to both the leaders however said they had to be in the national Capital as per the directions of the party for the Parliament session. April 4 was Mahavir Jayanti and the Parliament session too had taken a day’s break.
Sources also said that both the BJP MPs were sent invitation at the last moment and thus they could not organize their participation in the event closely monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally.
There has also been a clear instructions to all the party MPs, leaders to make the ongoing meetings of G20 a huge success. Bhowmick is Union Minister of State for Social welfare and Biplab Deb Burman is now a member of the upper house. “The invitation was received quite late hence could not make it,” a close aide of one of the leader told The Pioneer.
Around 75 delegates including from US, China and Brazil and nine European nations participated in the science conclave titled clean energy for green future’ as part of the G20 meetings held at the International Fair Ground at Agartala.
Chief Minister Manik Saha when announced the event had said that earlier it was decided that the conclave will be held in Guwahati but Prime Minister Narendra Modi batted for hoisting such an event at Agartala.
The hosting of G20 was embroiled in another controversy for the dinner reception as the INTACH Tripura chapter condemned the state government’s decision to use Durbar Hall of Ujjayanta Palace to host dinner for G20 delegates on April 3.