Centre blocks trip, offers no reason
Telangana’s CM was set to pitch education ties in the US. The BJP‑led Centre reportedly nixed political clearance. The Congress CM’s deputy says it looks political; the Centre hasn’t bothered to explain why.
Telangana’s proposed US education visit was reportedly stopped at the political-clearance stage, without a public explanation.
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka says the BJP‑led Centre denied political clearance for Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s proposed US visit, calling the move “political” and “not right”. His line was blunt: Telangana grows, India grows — so why block it? (According to a published report.)
The stated aim of the trip, per the state’s own recent briefings, was to deepen academic partnerships and research links with US universities — exchanges, innovation and skills tie‑ups that every state talks up and some actually land. The Chief Minister had earlier discussed such collaborations with the US Ambassador in Delhi this month, the Telangana government said.
Multiple reports say the US leg was stopped at the “political clearance” gate, a formal MEA check that screens the objectives and planned meetings. The mechanism is public; the reason applied here is not. No refusal note or explanation from the BJP‑led Centre has surfaced in what we reviewed.
Bhatti’s “politically motivated” charge is his allegation; the paperwork that would prove or disprove it isn’t in the open. What is in the open is silence from Delhi about why Telangana’s education pitch had to be grounded. The BJP‑led Centre still hasn’t said what, exactly, it finds objectionable about Telangana bringing home more labs and scholarships.