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India Today
19-06-2025
- Business
- India Today
Priyank Kharge accuses External Affairs Ministry of bias in US visit clearance
Karnataka's Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge raised strong objections after reportedly being denied clearance by India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to travel to the United States for an official investment out on the issue, Kharge questioned the MEA's rationale for blocking his participation. 'The delegation with my name doesn't get clearance from MEA, the same delegation without my name gets clearance. Why this disparity?' he Congress leader was slated to lead a delegation from the state to attend the prestigious BIO 2025 conference in Boston and the Design and Automation Conference in San Francisco. Kharge clarified that this was not a last-minute visit. 'It was a pre-planned official visit on behalf of the state government, supported by the Centre. We sent the request with a minute-to-minute programme on May 15,' he said. The proposal included the minister and accompanying on June 4, MEA responded with a denial, without any stated reason. Subsequently, Kharge removed his name from the list and resubmitted the request with only officers. The revised delegation received approval on June 11. 'The request was exactly the same, just without my name,' he pointed he said that when he proposed Sharath Bachegowda, Chairman of KIONICS, as a replacement on June 12, clearance was granted by June 14. 'So you see the pattern here,' Kharge minister plans to formally write to the MEA seeking an explanation. 'The Chief Minister will also write to the Prime Minister. This government has already outsourced our foreign policy, now they are outsourcing our investment policy,' he remarked. IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
India Today
17-06-2025
- Business
- India Today
Priyank Kharge denied clearance for US trip: Will seek explanation from government
Karnataka's Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge was reportedly denied the necessary clearances to the United States on Kharge was scheduled to lead the state delegation at BIO 2025 in Boston and the Design and Automation Conference in San Congress leader was expected to travel with the official team representing the state's tech ecosystem. However, the required clearances did not materialise in time, forcing him to drop out of the delegation. The nature of the delay—whether due to a procedural hold-up by India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or an issue on the US side—remains Taking to social media platform X, Kharge said, 'I'm holding back on making any public statements for now. Once I'm back in Bengaluru, I will seek a clear explanation from the Government of India regarding this denial.'The minister had earlier attended a conference and Aero Show in Paris, representing Watch
