Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal played the drums at the 31st CII Partnership Summit that began here on Thursday.
The three leaders visited the Engineering College Ground of Andhra University and watched the performance of various cultural troupes. Surprising everyone present there, the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister started playing the drums. Union Minister Goyal also joined them.
Earlier, Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan welcomed Union Minister Piyush Goyal. They roamed around the summit venue and watched the performances of the artists.
During the conversation, Chief Minister Naidu took the drum from an artist and also asked Pawan Kalyan and Piyush Goyal to take the musical instrument. After this all three started playing them.
Before proceeding to the venue of the inaugural session, he visited various exhibition stalls and viewed the traditional artefacts and cultural exhibitions on display.
CM Naidu and Piyush Goyal also tried their hand in painting. Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development and IT Minister Nara Lokesh also attended the inauguration ceremony.
Nara Lokesh later posted on 'X', “A big day for Vizag! The world is here as we launch the 31st CII Partnership Summit.”
The two-day event is being organized under the theme 'Business, Technology, Trust and Thought Leadership in the Changing Global Landscape'. The event is jointly organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India.
The event was attended by several prominent dignitaries and industry leaders, including T.G., Minister for Industries and Food Processing, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Bharat, Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy, Health and Family Welfare Minister Satya Kumar Yadav, Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh G. Sai Prasad was included. The inaugural event was also attended by several other key industry representatives and dignitaries.
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