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The Centre informed the state government of the refusal of permission to visit America, after the official delegation had reached the UK. Responding to the Centre’s decision, the Chief Minister said: “The only purpose of the visit was to, as part of the New Education Policy of the Centre, bring the world’s best institutions to India, to Telangana, to Hyderabad. They would have been an answer to our youth’s aspirations to get education, skills, and training from the best Ivy League and top global institutions.”

I have always believed we should all think beyond politics and elections when it comes to nation building and future of the youth, he remarked.

Although visibly shocked by the “political denial” of permission for him to further TelanganaRising and education, and to contribute to Viksit Bharat, Revanth Reddy decided to comply with the Centre’s decision and return to India from London, taking a flight back to Hyderabad, instead of proceeding to Boston, USA. The Chief Minister, however, instructed the officials to go ahead with the US trip and conclude all the partnership agreements.

Revanth Reddy will continue, as per the scheduled programme, his visits to and interactions with Oxford, Cambridge, London School of Economics, the London Business School, University of London, among others.

He will also be meeting with top sports institutions and skilling leadership in the United Kingdom, and try to formalise partnerships with Telangana.

“My resolve and endeavour to make Hyderabad one of the top global cities, where any common Indian can get education and a certificates from Harvard and Oxford, or an MIT and LBS or LSE, is because while most leaders have wanted to send their children abroad, I want to bring the world’s best to India,” he observed.