Ivanka to see Hyderabad in her own bullet-proof vehicle
hyderabad — Indian authorities have cleared beggars off the streets and brought in 10,000 extra security forces for Ivanka Trump’s biggest foreign mission since her father became president.
President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter is to be the key speaker on Tuesday at the opening of a three-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad alongside India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 36-year-old, who is an official White House advisor, will seek to press women’s empowerment in business.
She will also underline the growing friendship between the US and India — so the host country is taking no chances.
Ivanka will be greeted in Hyderabad by Modi who will host a gala dinner at the Falaknuma Palace, a luxury hotel once owned by one of the nizams who ruled the city before India’s independence.
Authorities have spruced up an open-air market around Charminar, a 16th century mosque that is one of the city’s icons. Media reports have suggested that Ivanka could visit the market. Police have cleared hundreds of beggars off the streets, saying they cause nuisance and obstruct traffic.
More than 10,000 security personnel including anti-terrorist forces and dog squads will be deployed, and Ivanka will travel around Hyderabad in her own special bullet-proof vehicle with US Secret Service taking care of close security.
The visit has been clouded by US media reports questioning Ivanka’s clothing line and its supply chain as well as a snub by Rex Tillerson, the US secretary of state, who has reportedly refused to send senior staff with Ivanka to India. —