NEW DELHI: President Draupadi Murmu is set to host a grand G20 dinner in the national capital, with a noteworthy guest list comprising 170 guests. In addition to foreign leaders and delegates, this gala event will include chief ministers from all Indian states, cabinet and state ministers, central government secretaries, and various distinguished guests. The multi-function hall of Bharat Mandapam will serve as the venue for this prestigious gathering, scheduled for Saturday, September 9.
Among the prominent attendees, we will see President Murmu herself, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar accompanied by his wife Sudesh Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President Ram Nath Kovind, and former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, all gracing the dinner party with their presence.
The list of cabinet ministers expected to attend this exclusive event is extensive, featuring names such as Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, S. Jaishankar, Arjun Munda, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Pralhad Joshi, among others.
Union ministers, too, have received invitations, including Narayan Rane, Sarbananda Sonowal, Virendra Kumar, Giriraj Singh, Jyotiraditya Nath Sindhiya, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Pashupati Kumar Paras, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Kiran Rijiju, Rajkumar Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Bhupendra Yadav, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Purushotam Rupala, G. Kishan Reddy, and Anurag Thakur.
Furthermore, a host of minister of state dignitaries has been extended the privilege of attending the dinner. This distinguished group includes Rao Indrajeet Singh, Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Shripad Yasho Naik, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Prahlad Singh Patel, Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, Vijay Kumar Singh, Krishna Pal Gurjar, Rao Sahab Patil, Ramdas Athavale, Sadhvi Niranjana Jyoti, Sanjiv Kumar Baliyan, Nityanand Rai, Pankaj Chaudhari, Anupriya Patel, S.P. Singh Baghel, Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Shobha Karandalaje, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Darshana Jardosh, V. Muraleedharan, Meenakshi Lekhi, Som Prakash, Renuka Singh, Rameswar Teli, Kailash Chaudhary, Annpurna Devi, A. Narayan Swami, Kaushal Kishor, Ajay Bhatt, B.L. Verma, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Debu Singh Chauhan, Bhagwat Khuba, Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Pratima Bhaumik, Subhash Sarkar, Bhagwat Krishna Rao Karad, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Bhartiya Pravin Pawar, Visheshwar Tudu, Sukant Thakur, Mahendra Bhai, John Barla, Dr. Ilmurugan, and Nisith Pramanik.
Joining this distinguished assembly will be important officials and distinguished guests, including India's Comptroller and Auditor General, Girish Chandra Murmu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant, and various other high-ranking officials.
Moreover, the event boasts invitations to former Prime Ministers Dr. Manmohan Singh and H.D. Deve Gowda, although the latter has regretfully declined due to health concerns.
The list of invited chief ministers is equally impressive, featuring luminaries like Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (Andhra Pradesh), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi), Pramod Sawant (Goa), Bhupendra Patel (Gujarat), Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh), Hemant Soren (Jharkhand), Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Eknath Shinde (Maharashtra), N. Biren Singh (Manipur), Conrad Sangma (Meghalaya), Zoramthanga (Mizoram), Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland), Naveen Patnaik (Odisha), Rangaswami (Puducherry), Bhagwan Singh Mann (Punjab), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), P.S. Golai (Sikkim), M.K. Stalin (Tamil Nadu), K. Chandrashekar Rao (Telangana), Manik Shah (Tripura), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand), and Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal).
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