Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely be in Hyderabad for the launch of modernisation work of Secunderabad railway station and a public assembly at Parade Grounds on Saturday, the day when BRS will maintain protests in districts in opposition to “allotment of coal blocks in the State to private players”.
BRS gave the decision for protests after Mr. Modi’s go to was finalised. And, it will additional gasoline the already-strained relations between the Central and State governments.
As anticipated, Chief Minister Ok. Chandrasekhar Rao won’t attend the general public assembly to be addressed by Mr. Modi although the previous was prolonged an invite and allotted seven minutes to ship his speech.
This would be the fifth time Mr. Rao will likely be avoiding Mr. Modi in the course of the latter’s go to to town. It all began in November 2020 when Mr. Modi visited the manufacturing centre of Bharat Biotech to supervise the event of COVID vaccine in its superior stage.
Planning Board vice-chairman B. Vinod Kumar mentioned that the Prime Minister’s Office issued an ultimatum asking Mr. Rao to not be current at Begumpet airport to obtain Mr. Modi on that event. “This was a clear case of infringement on protocol procedures,” he mentioned.
After that, Mr. Rao by no means went to the airport to obtain Mr. Modi when he got here right here for the nationwide govt assembly of BJP, dedication to the nation of the plant of Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited, inauguration of the statue of Ramanujacharya at Muchintal and celebration of completion of 20 years of the Indian School of Business. He additionally didn’t attend the Delhi assembly of the NITI Aayog convened by Mr. Modi in August final 12 months.
Meanwhile, police have made elaborate safety preparations at Parade Grounds, anticipating an enormous crowd.