Smiles, jokes, and holding hands at the PM's tea with opposition leaders at the meeting

  • Dec. 6, 2022, 11:24 a.m.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all-party meeting that India's G-20 presidency is a unique opportunity to showcase the country's strengths to the entire world.

Asserting that the country's presidency of the G-20, a grouping of world's 20 major economies, belongs to the entire nation, PM Modi said there is a global curiosity and attraction towards India today that further increases the occasion's potential, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

He emphasised the importance of teamwork and sought the cooperation of all leaders in the organisation of various G-20 events.

PM Modi pointed out that the G-20 presidency would help showcase parts of India beyond the conventional big metros, bringing out the uniqueness of various regions of the country, it said.

Noting that a large number of visitors would be coming to India during the year-long events, PM Modi highlighted the potential for promoting tourism and boosting the local economies of the venues where G-20 meetings would be organised.

The statement said leaders of different parties, including the BJP's J P Nadda, the Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge, the TMC's Mamata Banerjee, the BJD's Naveen Patnaik, the AAP's Arvind Kejriwal, the YSR Congress's Jagan Mohan Reddy, the CPM's Sitaram Yechury, the TDP's N Chandrababu Naidu, and the DMK's M K Stalin and

Brief interventions were made by Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while a detailed presentation encapsulating aspects of India's G-20 priorities was also made, the statement said.

Former prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda and Union ministers Rajnath Singh, S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, and Bhupender Yadav also attended the meeting.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

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