Narendra Modi averts invitation mess

May 25, 2014 13:49

The new government's first foreign policy initiative in inviting South Asian heads of state and government to New Delhi nearly became a monumental disaster till Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi took it into his own hands and salvaged it with the benefit of his vast experience as a hands-on chief minister.

Before leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and Mauritius received invitations to Modi's swearing-in and accepted them, aspirants jockeying for the national security adviser's job in the new government had freelanced on the initiative in order to prove their credentials and almost got egg on the incoming Prime Minister's face.

Fortunately, Modi realised in the nick of time the need to take matters into his own hands and also to seek advice from President Pranab Mukherjee with his reservoir of resources on diplomacy.

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