Goa Congress General Secretary,Sankalp Amonkar wrote a letter to the Guinness officials in the UK nominating Modi in theGuinness’ World Records for ‘the highest number of foreign visits’.- In a press conference on Wednesday, Amonkar said “the Prime Minister has spent more time abroad than in India”.
- The government has paid an overall of ₹355,30,38,465 for his trips and the most expensive one was a nine-day trip when he visited France, Germany and Canada in one go.
Goa Congress General Secretary, Sankalp Amonkar, sent a letter to the Guinness officials in the UK on Wednesday via registered post and released a copy of the letter to the media as well. He had filed an RTI to get information about Modi’s foreign trips, the details of which he included in the letter.
Modi has been on 41 trips to 52 countries in his tenure of four years. The government has paid an overall of ₹355,30,38,465 for his trips.
Amonkar stated in a press conference that Modi has correctly used Indian resources and had become a role model for the future generation. However, everyone was left questioning if he meant it because he further added that he wants “to highlight the ridiculousness of the Modi regime, where the Prime Minister has spent more time abroad than in India”. Modi has been abroad for a cumulative of 165 days in the past four years.
Amonkar also made it a point to mention that Indian rupee skidded to ₹69.03 against the US dollar making the Indian currency most vulnerable and worst-performing currency in Asia.
The government spent ₹31,25,78,000 on Modi's nine-day tri-nation visit to France, Germany and Canada. It was the highest amount ever spent for a single trip. The lowest was spent on the PM's trip to Bhutan.
Modi's first ever trip abroad in his tenure was on 15 and 16 June 2014 and had an expenditure of ₹2,45,27,465.