New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not be attending the C-40 Climate Summit in Denmark as the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied him political clearance to his visiyt. The Delhi CM was due for departure at 2 pm on Tuesday for the C-40 Summit. At the C-40 Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kejriwal was set to lead an eight-member delegation for the summit, slated to begin on October 9 and end on October 12. Sources confirmed that the Delhi CM was scheduled to leave at 2 pm on Tuesday. "The chief minister could not fly out of Delhi on Tuesday afternoon as the MEA did not give political clearance to him for his Denmark visit. The MEA, however, gave clearance to West Bengal Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim," claimed sources. At the Summit, Kejriwal was expected to speak on the Aam Admi Party (AAP) governments experience in lowering pollution level in Delhi and other issues. Last week the MEA had said that the decision to give clearance to the Delhi CM for the Denmark visit was being calculated and it would depend on multiple inputs. MEA spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar had said, "I do not answer query specific to political clearance. And if you understand how it functions, we get hundreds of requests for political clearances every month from ministries, secretaries, bureaucrats. A decision is based on multiple inputs." "Some of the inputs we get from the mission and it takes into account the nature of the event where the person is going to participate. It takes into account the level of participation from other countries and also the kind of invitation that is extended," he had added. In an official statement on September 22, the Delhi government had said the Chief Minister was expected to speak at the Summit on his governments experience in lowering air pollution in the city. He was to present the set of initiatives taken by the AAP government that led to the 25 per cent reduction in air pollution.

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