At the much-hyped Global Entrepreneurship Summit, White House adviser Ivanka Trump will be Telangana’s pride and Andhra Pradesh’s envy.
As Telangana readies to host the 2017 edition of the summit on Tuesday, strenuous efforts made by Andhra Pradesh to invite U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter had failed to bring results.
The U.S. authorities turned down requests made by the Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra government to have Ms. Trump visit the ‘sunrise’ State, highly-placed sources said.
The Andhra government, as part of its “brand building” efforts, had felt that a visit by Ms. Trump would bolster the State’s image internationally. It also wanted to line up several U.S. companies for investments, the sources said.
The State government had informed the U.S. Consulate that they were ready to organise the event either in Amaravati or Visakhapatnam, and had sought her time.
“But we were told that she would not be attending any other programme, apart from the GES and those in New Delhi. So, we did not get a chance to host her,” a senior official involved in the entire process said.
The Economic Development Board CEO could not be reached for comment.
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit-2017 will be inaugurated by Prime Minster Narendra Modi.
Ms. Trump will lead a delegation from her country at the event.
