Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an all-party meeting on Monday to discuss various aspects of India’s G20 Presidency. Asserting that the country’s presidency of the G-20, a grouping of the world’s 20 major economies, belongs to the entire nation. Most of the prominent opposition leaders were seen at this meet, although KCR gave it a miss.
Speaking at the summit, Modi urged the importance of teamwork and sought the cooperation of all leaders in the organisation of various G-20 events. As the G20 event will attract a big number of visitors all along the time course of the event, Modi highlighted the potential for promoting tourism and boosting the local economies of the venues where G-20 meetings would be organised. Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also gave a detailed presentation encapsulating aspects of India’s G-20.
The official press note released by the authority mentioned that leaders of different parties, including BJP’s J P Nadda, Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge, TMC’s Mamata Banerjee, BJD’s Naveen Patnaik, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal, YSR Congress’s Jagan Mohan Reddy, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu and DMK’s M K Stalin, addressed the meeting.