Karna govt upset over CM not being invited for NASSCOM event

Upset over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not being invited for a NASSCOM event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel here, Karnataka Government today said it had sent a "bad message" and virtually blamed the PMO for it.
"Not inviting the Chief Minister for the programme (Nasscom event) - it has sent a bad message. We are all upset with that," State Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting here.
Siddaramaiah accompanied Modi and Merkel in their visit to the facility of German automotive major Bosch here but he stayed away from the Indo-German Summit organised by National Association of Software and Services Companies jointly with the German Fraunhofer Institute here yesterday.

According to the Chief Minister's office, Siddaramaiah did not get an official invitation either from NASSCOM or Prime Minister's Office.
Questioning Modi's often-repeated statements about strengthening federal structure, Jayachandra said, "He always speaks of strengthening the federal structure and sundry other things, but ultimately what is he doing? Is he taking all the parties together?"
According to the protocol, the participation of Chief Minister is necessary and it is in the "norms" that the PMO invites him for any event, Jayachandra said.

"Shouldn't the PMO inform the state about the visit of the Prime Minister? The Chief Minister necessarily has to be the guest also," he said.

Asked whether the state government would write a letter to the Prime Minister on the issue, he said the ministers had impressed upon the Chief Minister to convey it to the PMO.
"We have impressed upon the Chief Minister also that it should be made known to the PMO, and let us see what action the Chief Minister takes," he said.
NASSCOM has not reacted to the issue.