Madhya Pradesh Governor Ramnaresh Naresh Yadav faced ignominy as his name figured in the multi thousand crore VYAPAM scam.
It was clear at the State Hangar where the Prime Minister was welcomed and the inaugural ceremony of the World Hindi Summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the three day grand event here on Thursday.
Governor Yadav's name was not included in the list of 129 official representatives of the Government.
Though at the eleventh hour he got the chance to welcome PM Modi and share stage with him during the summit but he remained victim of strangeness all the time.
PM arrived in the city early in the morning; he was received at the State hanger by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Governor Yadav was also present there but Modi did not paid any attention towards him.
Though the Prime Minister met warmly with Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta, Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma, BJP national Vice President and in-charge for the State Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Chief Secretary Antony de Sa and Director General of Police Surendra Sinh but did not even gave a look at the Governor who standing with folded hands. At many places he was seen standing at the back neglected.
The same situation was witnessed at the summit venue as neither the Prime Minister nor the Chief Minister spoke to the Governor; moreover both the leaders did not even paid attention towards him, as if inviting him to the event was their compulsion.
The STF probing the VYAPAM scam registered FIT against the Governor in the Forest Guard Recruitment Examination 2013, though the FIR was later quashed by the High Court.
As per the FIR that he allegedly had made recommendation of five candidates with the VYAPAM officials. One of his son, who was also an accused in the infamous scam, died under mysterious circumstances.