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Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, October 9Defending its decision to withhold permission to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to attend a climate summit in Denmark, the government today said, the event was meant for “mayor-level” participants. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, while responding to a query during the briefing on Cabinet decisions, said, “It was a mayor-level conference” and a West Bengal minister was going to attend it. Sources in the government later rejected suggestions that opposition parties were being targeted, while claiming that a separate protocol is followed for Chief Ministers. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was to lead an eight-member delegation to the summit, to be held from October 9-12. The Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh termed termed the Centre's decision to withhold the clearance "unfortunate", saying it would affect India's image..