EPS to participate in G20 review meet in Delhi
CHENNAI: Leader of Opposition and AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami would participate in a review meeting regarding the G20 Presidency in Delhi on Monday. The meeting would be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while presidents/ heads of various political parties have been invited for the meeting.
After paying tribute to former chief minister J Jayalalithaa on her memorial day about 9.30 am, EPS would take a flight to Delhi at about 11.15 am, said party sources.
Meanwhile, tourists visiting Mahabalipuram on Sunday had a visual treat when a laser show to highlight India assuming G20 Presidency was projected on the ASI monuments.
According to ASI officials in Mahabalipuram, resplendent laser illumination in celebration of India’s presidency of G20 with the logo will be splashed on all the ASI monuments in Mahabalipuram, including the shore temple, Pancha Ratha, Krishna’s butterball and so on. The laser illumination will be in place for one week for tourists to get the information about India’s G20 Presidency.
G20 is a group of 20 countries, including US, UK, EU, Russia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, etc., and the presidency will be given to every member of G20 on a rotational basis. Recently, India was allotted the presidency for G20 and India has planned to hold 200 meetings in 50 cities in the run up to the G20 summit to be held in September, next year.
As Mahabalipuram is one of the places to hold the meeting, the state government to attract the dignitaries of various G20 countries have planned various events and laser show is one such. The laser beam is brought from Belgium and tourists are excited to capture the laser illumination on the monuments.