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00:00 President Draupadi Murmu's G20 dinner has stirred political discussions throughout the
00:05 country.
00:06 While several prominent political figures from across the nation attended the event,
00:10 others chose not to participate.
00:13 Senior Congress leader Adhiranjan Choudhury on Sunday questioned West Bengal's Chief
00:17 Minister and TMC Supremo Mamta Banerjee's decision to attend the dinner hosted by President
00:23 Draupadi Murmu on the occasion of the G20 meet in Delhi.
00:27 Hello and welcome you are watching HW News English, I am Saurabh.
00:31 The presence of West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at President Draupadi Murmu's
00:35 G20 dinner has created a fresh division within the Indian opposition.
00:40 Adhiranjan Choudhury, a senior Congress leader, raised concerns about Banerjee's attendance,
00:46 questioning whether it might undermine her position against the Narendra Modi government.
00:50 Adhiranjan Choudhury, who is the state president of Congress in Bengal, told reporters in Kolkata
00:55 and I am quoting, "When many non-BJP CMs refrained from attending the dinner, Didi,
01:01 which he was referring to Mamata Banerjee, went to Delhi a day in advance.
01:06 She attended the occasion with Union Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
01:11 Yogi Adityanath in the same room.
01:13 I wonder what prompted her to rush to Delhi to be at the dinner party along with these
01:18 leaders."
01:19 Continuing, he also said nothing would have happened if she did not attend the dinner.
01:24 The sky would not fall.
01:26 Mahabharata would not have become impure.
01:28 The Quran would not have been impure.
01:31 After Adhiranjan Choudhury's statement, a series of allegations started from political
01:36 leaders of different political parties.
01:39 On Adhiranjan Choudhury's statement, TMC said that Banerjee is one of the chief architects
01:44 behind the opposition bloc India and did not need a lecture from the Congress leader about
01:50 protocols to be followed.
01:51 TMC Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen said, "Choudhury will not decide when the CM of the state
01:58 will go to attend a dinner on the occasion of G20 as a part of the protocol."
02:03 On Adhiranjan Choudhury's statement, BJP West Bengal spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya
02:08 also hit out at Congress over the issue, accusing the party of joining hands with the Banerjee-led
02:13 party in Delhi, betraying the people of state who were victims of the TMC's terror.
02:19 Samik Bhattacharya said, "So people like Adhiranjan Choudhury should explain who is
02:24 causing up to TMC and doing a disservice to the people of the state."
02:29 Reacting to Adhir's comment, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla posted on X saying, "Congress
02:36 and India alliance.
02:38 Priyanka Vardhara slams G20 and Shashi Darur hails it.
02:42 Adhiranjan slams Mamata for attending G20 dinner.
02:45 Congress CM Sukhwendra Sukhu himself was there."
02:48 This is what happens when you have no vision or mission, just contradictions and mindless
02:53 opposition.
02:54 But not only Mamata Banerjee was the leader of the India bloc present at the venue.
03:00 Along with Mamata Banerjee, Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar and Jharkhand's Hemant Soren were among
03:05 the chief ministers from the opposition seen at the dinner hosted for the delegates.
03:11 Meanwhile, CMs of few states who are members of the India alliance did not attend the event.
03:17 Leaders like Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Bagel, Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlod, Odisha's Naveen
03:22 Patnayak and Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal were among the leaders from the opposition parties
03:27 who gave the event a miss.
03:29 Moreover, Congress President Malik Arjun Kharge was not invited to the dinner.
03:34 As Congress President Malik Arjun Kharge was not invited to the dinner, Karnataka CM Siddaramia
03:40 expressed his view and said that Congress National President Malik Arjun Kharge not
03:44 being invited to the G20 dinner was wrong.
03:47 Siddaramia said and I am quoting, "He is not only the Congress President, he is the
03:53 leader of opposition in the upper house.
03:56 According to me, he should have been invited.
03:58 Not inviting him is wrong."
04:00 Additionally, he mentioned that he would also be unable to join the dinner due to prior
04:05 commitments.
04:06 It's worth noting that Kharge and various other opposition leaders did not receive invitation
04:12 for the event.
04:13 However, Union Minister and Chief Ministers including those from the state governed by
04:17 opposition parties were extended invitation to President Murmu's dinner.
04:22 Now, the point is that the Chief Ministers who attended the G20 dinner was entirely justified
04:28 in doing so.
04:30 This event is not affiliated with any particular political party, be it the BJP, Congress,
04:36 TMC, DMK, JMM or others, the G20 event represents India on the global stage and thus, Chief
04:45 Ministers need to participate.
04:47 However, the omission of Malik Arjun Kharge, opposition Congress Party's supremo from
04:52 the guest list raises valid questions.
04:54 Why Malik Arjun Kharge, the leader of opposition Congress Party was not invited to India's
05:01 G20 event?
05:02 That's all on the news report.
05:03 Stay tuned with HW News English.
05:05 Thank you for joining us.
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