Europe’s second largest oil company and British energy major BP’s CEO Bob Dudley will share dais with BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday, at the third convocation ceremony of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), in Gujarat’s Capital Gandhinagar.
Almost a year after British High Commissioner to India visited Modi, which ended a decade long diplomatic isolation that many countries had imposed on the Gujarat Chief Minister after 2002 Gujarat riots, Dudley’s Gujarat visit is being closely watched not only by the Indian companies but also by the political parties.
Confirming the development, official sources in the University said that the convocation will be presided over by Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries limited (RIl), who is also the president of PDPU.
Analysts in the petroleum sector of India said that Dudley's visit is being seen by the people connected with the sector, as BP-RIl partnership in oil and gas is in some trouble with the authorities, because of allegations of malpractice in the KG-D6 block. Dudley is likely to meet important politicians including Oil Minister Veerappa Modi.