K Kavitha questions Modi’s silence on Adani US bribery indictment
Political opponents are arrested without evidence and put on trial for months while Mr Gautam Adani walks free despite repeated and grave allegations, she said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a football to Bhutanese Prince Jigme Namgyal Wangchuk when the Himalayan kingdom’s royal family called on him at his official residence here on Wednesday evening.
“Had a wonderful meeting with the King, Queen and Prince of Bhutan,” Modi tweeted, along with a picture of the Prince who will turn two in February next year.
“Presented the Prince of Bhutan an official football from the FIFA U-17 World Cup and a chess set,” he said. In the first-ever event of the world football federation held here, India hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup this year.
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Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, along with Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuk and the Prince, arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day goodwill visit to India.
The Bhutanese royal family’s visit assumes significance in the wake of an over two-month standoff standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Doklam region of Bhutan.
While India and Bhutan said that Beijing’s move violated the status quo in the India-Bhutan-China international trijunction, China claimed that it was their territory.
President Ram Nath Kovind appreciated the Bhutanese King’s role in resolving the Doklam issue during a meeting earlier on Wednesday.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also called on the royal family here.
There are a number of institutional mechanisms between India and Bhutan in areas such as security, border management, trade, transit, economic, hydro-power, development cooperation and water resources, while India is Bhutan’s largest trading partner.
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