500 business leaders including Ambani, Adani to attend G20 Summit Dinner at Bharat Mandapam? Here's the truth-
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New Delhi, Sept 8: In a significant development, reports surfaced that prominent business leaders including Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani were invited to the G20 special dinner. However, the government has refuted these reports calling them "misleading".
Clarified that it has not extended invites any business leaders for the G20 special dinner, the government said, "No business leaders have been invited to the dinner."
What happened?
An earlier report by news agency Reuters indicated that India's wealthiest entrepreneurs, led by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, would be joining G20 leaders for a dinner in the capital city on Saturday. It claimed that a total of 500 business leaders had been invited to the dinner.
The report, quoting two sources, claimed that other than Ambani and Adani, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Bharti Airtel founder-chairman Sunil Mittal have also been invited.
Media reports based on an article by @Reuters have claimed that prominent business leaders have been invited at #G20India Special Dinner being hosted at Bharat Mandapam on 9th Sep#PIBFactCheck
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) September 8, 2023
✔️This claim is Misleading
✔️No business leaders have been invited to the dinner pic.twitter.com/xmP7D8dWrL
"This dinner... will host various world leaders and provides an opportunity to bring together India's business elite during the leaders' summit," said an Indian official who spoke to the news agency.
However, it has been made clear by the government that no such invites have been sent out to business leaders.
PIB Fact check, on X, posted, "Media reports based on an article by @Reuters have claimed that prominent business leaders have been invited at #G20India Special Dinner being hosted at Bharat Mandapam on 9th Sep. This claim is Misleading. No business leaders have been invited to the dinner".
G20 Special Dinner-
The event will be held at a brand-new $300-million venue designed in the shape of a conch shell, with a menu featuring Indian cuisine with a special emphasis on millets, a grain promoted by the country.
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