Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday claimed that the Union Home Ministry did not allow his helicopter to go from Udaipur to Sikar in view of the G20 Summit following which his programme was cancelled. The Rajasthan CM was scheduled to visit Sangliya Peeth in Sikar as part of the death anniversary programme of Baba Shri Khinwadas Ji Maharaj. The Centre, however, said that no request from Gehlot was denied that all scheduled flights of commercial aircraft and movement of Governors and State Chief Ministers on their State aircrafts are allowed.
"Today there was a programme to go to Sangliya Peeth, Sikar, as part of the death anniversary programme of Baba Shri Khinwadas Ji Maharaj, but due to the G-20 meeting, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, did not give permission to go to Sikar by helicopter from Udaipur due to which today I am not able to reach Sangliya Peeth," Gehlot said on X.
"Spoke to the Peethadhishwar Shri Om Das Maharaj of Sangliya Peeth on the phone and informed him. I will soon visit Sangliya Peeth to seek blessings," he added.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that no request from the Rajasthan Chief Minister was denied.
"No request from CM Rajasthan has been denied. While all scheduled flights of commercial Aircrafts and movement of Governors and State Chief Ministers on their State aircrafts are allowed, private chartered flights require specific MHA approval,” said the MHA.
The two-day G20 Summit began on Saturday, being attended by US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak besides other leaders of developing and developed countries.