OBAMA WILL NOT SAY WAH TAJ!

US President Barack Obama has cancelled his visit to Agra and cut short his India visit by a few hours as he will be travelling to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday afternoon to offer condolences following the demise of Saudi King Abdullah and to meet the new Saudi King Salman.

The US President will will leave New Delhi for Riyadh on Tuesday after delivering an address on ‘India and America: The Future We Can Build Together’ at a venue in south Delhi.

President Obama and his wife Michelle were originally supposed to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra on Tuesday after delivering the lecture.

Second time unluck y, US President Barack Obama will not be able to visit the Taj Mahal dut to a sudden change of plans

The President and his wife were originally supposed to visit the monument on Tuesday. Mr Obama had not visited the Taj Mahal on his previous India visit as well.

In his message to President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day shortly before his departure from the US, Mr Obama said he and his wife were looking forward to the India visit and enjoy the “generosity, hospitality, and beauty that marked our last visit” in 2010.

In a statement from Washington on Satur- day, the White House said, “President Obama and the First Lady will travel to Riyadh on Tuesday, January 27, in order to pay respects to King Salman bin Abdulaziz and the family of the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. The vicepresident was originally to have led a delegation to Saudi Arabia on the President’s behalf. As the President’s and vicepresident’s travel schedules became clearer, we determined that the window when the vice-president would be on the ground in Riyadh coincided with the President’s departure from India. Accordingly, we adjusted the schedule in coordination with the India so that the President would be able to stop in Riyadh during the return trip to meet with King Salman.”