Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has missed the possibility to take part within the “World Cities’ Summit” in Singapore, the place he was one of many audio system. The Chief Minister has missed the deadline for journey formalities — not solely was he refused clearance for the go to, it got here too late, the Delhi authorities has stated.

In an announcement Thursday night, the Delhi authorities stated the formalities for the Singapore go to had been to be accomplished by July 20. However Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s response on the proposal got here again a day later — on July 21.

“The file concerning permission to journey was despatched to the Lieutenant Governor on June 7. The LG sat silent for about one-and-a-half months and returned the file on July 21. By then, not solely had there been lots of delay, however the deadline until July 20 to finish the journey formalities had additionally handed,” learn the assertion.

It’s clear that the Central authorities’s intention was to “forestall the Chief Minister from speaking in regards to the world-class work performed in Delhi” within the worldwide enviornment, aside from training and well being, the federal government stated.

“The Central authorities’s intention could have been fulfilled, nevertheless it additionally results in a scenario the place the worldwide group could look down upon the nation,” stated the Delhi authorities, which argued earlier that such a summit will likely be a chance to showcase town and improve the status of the nation.

Kejriwal was invited for the meet again in June by Singapore Excessive Commissioner Simon Wong and accepted the invite. He was to deal with the Summit on August 1.

His clearance didn’t come. “That is this system of the mayor, the Chief Minister mustn’t go into it,” was the Lieutenant Governor’s response to the Delhi authorities’s request for clearance that has now come.

Kejriwal wrote again to the Lieutenant Governor, saying he would method the international ministry immediately for clearance. “Human life shouldn’t be compartmentalised into the topics talked about within the three lists of the Structure,” he wrote.

In 2019, the Centre had withheld permission to Mr Kejriwal for the same go to, saying it’s unbecoming for a Chief Minister to take part in a meet meant for Mayors. Mr Kejriwal lastly needed to tackle the meet on-line.