Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in two summits in Indonesia on September 7 ahead of highly anticipated G20 Summit under India”s presidency in New Delhi. PM Modi will leave for Jakarta today evening and will be back in New Delhi in 24 hours. He is visiting the Southeast Asian country at the invitation of President Joko Widodo.
In India, meanwhile, what has got everyone”s attention is the image of the itinerary of Prime Minister Modi”s visit, shared on the social media by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party”s spokesperson Sambit Patra, that shows “Prime Minister of Bharat” written.
‘The Prime Minister Of Bharat’ pic.twitter.com/lHozUHSoC4
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) September 5, 2023
This added more fuel to the fire as another invite sparked row yesterday when an image of an official invite for G20 dinner went viral, that mentioned “President of Bharat”, instead of the usual “President of India”. There”s also a rumor going around that the central government, will bring in a legislation to rename India only as “Bharat”.
Congress reacted to the itinerary and called the Modi government “confused” and added the actions to the controversy are “drama” because the Opposition got together and called itself “INDIA”.
Look at how confused the Modi government is! The Prime Minister of Bharat at the 20th ASEAN-India summit.
All this drama just because the Opposition got together and called itself INDIA 🤦🏾♂️ pic.twitter.com/AbT1Ax8wrO
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 5, 2023
In Jakarta, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in two summits on September 7 — the 20th ASEAN-India Summit and the 18th East Asia Summit (EAS). According to reports, Indonesia, which currently holds the chair of ASEAN, rearranged the summit schedules to allow for PM Modi”s early departure.