Rs 446.52 Cr Spent on PM Modi's Foreign Trips, Confirms MEA

New Delhi, March 4, 2020:

In the immediate aftermath nationwide protests against the amendment of the Citizenship Act and 48 deaths in Delhi after violent communal riots, it has come to light that an expenditure of Rs 446.52 crore has been incurred on the foreign visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last five years. This was confirmed by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday.

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Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the expenditure includes cost of chartered flights that the Prime Minister took to foreign lands.

According to the data given by the MEA, a cost of Rs 121.85 crore was incurred in 2015-16 while an expenditure of Rs 78.52 crore was incurred in 2016-17. In 2017-18, a cost of Rs 99.90 crore was incurred while in 2018-19, an expenditure of Rs 100.02 crore was incurred, according to the data given by him. In 2019-20, a cost of Rs 46.23 crore has been incurred on the prime minister's foreign visits, it said.

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The PM, it may be mentioned here, has been ceaselessly trolled and rebuked. Assam Congress Daniel Langthasa, weighing in on the situation, says: "So many people have been complaining about the PM's visits overseas. The PM needs to travel, but looking at all the issues that the country has been facing, the trips should solve the issues. Unemployment has reached a level where it is dangerous for our country. He has to understand what is happening in the states. Hi is not bringing jobs. There is a lot of unrest over the Government's issues. Mob lynchings in the name of religion have been going on, but he reaimns mum and goes on foreign trips. That has to change."

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