#Telangana : Cold Vibes As Centre Denies Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Visit To United States, UK Trip However Gets Nod

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Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been denied permission by the Centre to visit the United States, the Chief Minister’s Office said on Friday. Reddy, who is in London currently, had planned to undertake a 10-day visit to the United Kingdom and US before returning to Hyderabad on August 30.

As reported by PTI, Following the denial of permission, he decided to return to Hyderabad from London on August 23. ‘The official TelanganaRising delegation led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been forced to cancel their visit to the United States of America (USA) after the Ministry of External Affairs has denied permission, saying … clearance from political angle is denied,’ a CMO release said.

The state government had sought the Centre’s permission for the trip to the UK and USA, as per policy and protocol, but only the UK trip was approved, it said.

The Centre informed the state government of its refusal of permission after the official delegation reached the UK, it said.

Though shocked by the ‘political denial’ of a visit to further the state government’s ‘TelanganaRising’ vision and education, and contribute to ‘Viksit Bharat’, CM Reddy decided to comply with the Central decision and return to India from London, taking a flight back to Hyderabad and instead of proceeding to Boston, USA, it said.

“The only purpose of the visit was to, as part of the New Education Policy of the Centre, bring the world’s best institutions to India, to Telangana, to Hyderabad. They would have been an answer to our youth’s aspirations to get education, skills, and training from the best Ivy Leagues and top global institutions,” Reddy said.

The CM said he always believed that ‘we should all think beyond politics and elections when it comes to nation building and the future of the youth’.

Reddy has instructed the officials to go ahead with the US trip and conclude all the MoUs and partnership agreements.

The CM will continue, as per the scheduled programme in the UK, his visits to and interactions with Oxford, Cambridge, London School of Economics, the London Business School, University of London, among others, the release said.

Expressing his resolve to make Hyderabad a global knowledge hub, Reddy said the establishment of Osmania University, Hyderabad Central University and other universities made Hyderabad a hub for the best human resources.

A single school, Hyderabad Public School (HPS), has shown that the state and the country can lead the world, producing some of the greatest tech leaders, he said.