Canada invited Modi to G7 as summit would be meaningless without him, says Fadnavis

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that Canada decided to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the G7 Summit as without Prime Minister Modi the G7 meeting in Canada would have no meaning. Fadnavis made these comments while speaking on the completion of 11 years of the Modi government in power.

"What Sule said is true, Modi ji's name is taken by all the world leaders with respect... When it transpired that Modiji would not go to Canada, their PM (Mark Carney) invited him (PM Modi) because he (Carney) knows that if Modi ji is not present for the G7 meeting, it would have no meaning for the group (G7)."Fadnavis was reacting to NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule in her speech during the NCP(SP) foundation day celebrations speaking about the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi among world leaders.

He, however, took on Sharad Pawar who had blamed the centre for the dip in relations of countries in India's immediate neighbourhood like Pakistan, Bangladesh. "When the UPA was in power the Bangladesh forces had killed our BSF jawans. Even then Bangladesh had put export restrictions on us. Bharat carries a weight, when these countries need any help they know they can turn to India."


Fadnavis also referred to the recent railway accident in Mumbra and said that the Railways will soon be introducing more AC trains in the suburban railway network.