Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to call on senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley at his residence on Wednesday night in a bid to make him reconsider his decision to not be a part of the next Union Cabinet. Jaitley, who was the finance minister, said he would like to focus on his deteriorating health.
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath-taking ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.
Owing to deteriorating health, former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday formally requested not to be given any responsibility in the upcoming cabinet due to be sworn in tomorrow. “I would in future for some time like to keep away from any responsibility. This will enable me to concentrate on my health and treatment,” read Jaitley’s letter.
Meanwhile, the families of over 50 BJP workers killed in political violence in West Bengal have been invited for Modi’s oath-taking ceremony as “special invitees”.
In a push on the foreign front, PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are all set for an informal summit in October as India proposes a reply to the Wuhan summit, sources familiar with the development said. The first informal summit between the two leaders took place in Wuhan in China’s Hubei in April 2018. The two leaders then spent two days at a lakeside guest house in Wuhan and held discussions for almost 10 hours.
Sources said continuing the informal interaction between the leaders was decided at Wuhan itself. Earlier, November was being targeted for the meeting but it was later decided that September/October would be better.
Sources had earlier said that much would depend on who the next Prime Minister would be and with Modi’s thumping return to power, the informal summit would continue as both leaders share a personal rapport.
The PM’s then statement had said: “You invited us for the first summit and today that dream has come true and I am happy that this informal summit will develop in to a regular practice and I would be delighted to get an opportunity to host such an informative summit in 2019 on the soil of India.”
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