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Narain asked the US envoy if he did not include her name because of her critical stance against US government on climate change.
Updated : Apr 25, 2016, 11:02 PM IST
The CSE chief and environmentalist Sunita Narain, who was listed among six other Indians in the Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people, called out on the US Ambassador to India Richard Verma when he did not include her in the congratulatory message.
Richard Verma on Friday posted a tweet congratulating six of the seven Indians on the Times list including RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, tennis player Sania Mirza, Microsoft CEO Sundar Pichai, actress Priyanka Chopra and Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal. However, the situation soon became uncomfortable when the seventh person named on the list, Sunita Narain asked Verma if he had left her out of the message due to her critical views against the US government on climate change.
Verma tweeted:
Congrats for being named to @TIME’s list of ‘The 100 Most Influential People in World’! pic.twitter.com/gBs1BNMumE
— Rich Verma (@USAmbIndia) April 22, 2016
Sunita Narain replied to Verma's post with a tweet:
@USAmbIndia @TIME Amb hope you have not deliberately left me out as my views on #climatechange too inconvenient. Am also listed in #TIME100
— Sunita Narain (@sunitanar) April 24, 2016
The Center for Science and Environment (CSE) in a report titled 'Captain America' had taken a critical stance against the US government and its consumerist tendencies.
Verma soon replied to Narain's post saying that his post did not intend to contain the complete list. He tweeted:
Sorry @sunitanar – ours was not meant to be a complete list. But congratulations on your recognition!
— Rich Verma (@USAmbIndia) April 24, 2016