Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to be the star attraction at this year’s edition of The Economic Times Global Business Summit. As it turns out, the PM has backed out from gracing the occasion with his presence citing “security concerns”, according to sources in Economic Times (ET). Now, this is not the first time Modi has refused to attend a media event he had earlier committed to. (Back in 2014, he had cancelled on Newslaundry too, breaking our very fragile heart.)
As it is with such revelations, there’s plenty of conjecture — to use KJo’s go-to word – around Modi’s decision to not attend ET’s global summit. The most obvious one points to the newspaper’s reportage on the recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and its perceived bias towards the Akhilesh Yadav government.
