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Snail-mail made Devendra Fadnavis miss dinner with US president Barack Obama

While chief minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Aaple Sarkar portal on Republic Day, the government of Maharashtra office at New Delhi (Maharashtra Sadan) is still using Speed Post, that too for passing on to the Chief Minister the all-important invitation to dinner with none other than US president Barack Obama.

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While chief minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Aaple Sarkar portal on Republic Day, the government of Maharashtra office at New Delhi (Maharashtra Sadan) is still using Speed Post, that too for passing on to the Chief Minister the all-important invitation to dinner with none other than US president Barack Obama.

This revelation was made on Wednesday by Fadnavis himself. The CM said he has instituted an inquiry into the matter, and has given instructions to prosecute the responsible parties.

Fadnavis told the media that the Maharashtra Sadan on January 17 received a formal invitation to the dinner addressed to him. He said he had been invited to both days of the ceremony, and was one of only three chief ministers who were invited. He said that he could not make it because the invitation did not reach his Mumbai office in time, otherwise he could have taken a direct flight from Davos to Delhi, instead of to Mumbai, to attend the dinner.

When asked as to how this goof-up happened, Fadnavis said that the invitation was received by the secretary at Maharashtra Sadan, who vested his junior officer with the responsibility of sending the invitation onwards to Mumbai. It was this officer who dispatched the invitation by Speed Post. Fadnavis exclaimed, "In the present day when we are using computerisation to a large extent, why this officer used Speed Post is being inquired into." The enquiry will be conducted by the resident commissioner in Maharashtra Sadan, the CM said, who has been instructed to take stringent action as required.

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