No KCR name in list of VIPs to receive PM Modi in Hyderabad

The Telangana government on Friday was surprised after the name of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao did not figure in the list of VIPs to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hakimpet airport on Saturday.

According to the standard protocol, the governor, chief minister, union ministers and senior officers welcome the Prime Minister whenever he visits the state.

The Telangana government on Friday communicated to the Prime Minister Office that the Chief Minister will receive the Prime Minister along with other VIPs at the Hakimpet airport. However, the Prime Minister's office in a reply to the government sent the list of VIPs to receive the PM in which the Chief Minister's was missing.

The list of VIPs mentioned are Hakimpet Air Office Commandant, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP M Mahender Reddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri collector Swetha Mohanty and Cyberabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar to follow protocol and welcome the Prime Minister at the airport.

Meanwhile, senior officers were also shocked at the list and said that it never happened as the Chief Minister's name had been left out.