CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled meeting with the presidents of political parties today (December 5) in the national capital to discuss the preparations for the G20 summit, which India will be hosting in 2023.

The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Stalin would return to Chennai at 11.30 p.m, the Chief Minister's office told 

Other than Stalin,  the AIADMK interim general secretary and leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) will also attend the meeting.

The Central government has planned to hold over 200 meetings in 32 sectors at multiple locations across the country, including Tamil Nadu. Chennai has been tentatively selected as one of the host cities for the meetings.

The PMO has clearly stated that the parties cannot send the representatives and instead party's state presidents must participate in the meeting. The preliminary meeting will deliberate on how the G20 would be conducted in India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also participating in the meeting and has told media persons that she was attending the meeting as the Trinamool Congress president.

PMK state president Anbumani Ramadoss is also expected to participate in the meeting.

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