PHOTOS | India's G20 Presidency: PM Modi chairs all-party meet; Mamata, Stalin, Jagan attend

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 5 chaired a meeting of leaders from all parties on India's presidency of the G-20 and sought their cooperation to make it a big success, while opposition leaders urged him to use the opportunity for the country's benefit. India officially assumed the G20 presidency on December 1. The country is expected to host over 200 preparatory meetings across the country beginning this month.

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07 Dec 2022, 8:50 am

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said at the meeting that it was a matter of pride that India has got the G20 presidency and asked Modi to leverage this opportunity for the country's benefit and help deter China from carrying out incursions at the border as well as correct the trade imbalance with it. (Photo | PTI)

Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said at the meeting that the G-20 presidency was not about one party's agenda but of the entire country. (Photo | ANI)

Aga Khan Palace illuminated with G20 logo to mark the beginning of India's G-20 Presidency, in Pune on Monday. (Photo | ANI)

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and JD(U) chief Lalan Singh did not attend the meeting. The RJD also skipped the meeting. (IN PHOTO: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy with the Prime Minister). (Photo | ANI)

Some opposition leaders, including Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s Sitaram Yechury and Communist Party of India's D Raja (in photo) of the Left, noted that India taking over the presidency was by rotation and said it should not be projected as the government's achievement, sources said. (Photo | PTI)

CPI-M's Sitaram Yechury said, 'Every country in the G20 will automatically be President when their turn comes.' Yechury also questioned the credibility of the 'One-Earth-One-Family' theme of India's G20 presidency, claiming the 'alarming' levels of communal polarisation 'destroy the foundations' of the declaration announced by the prime minister. (Photo | ANI)

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu. (Photo | ANI)

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with the Prime Minister. (Photo | ANI)

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde (in photo) said 14 meetings of the G20 summit will be held at four locations in Maharashtra – Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad). (Photo | ANI)

'I strongly believe our prime minister will use this opportunity to promote the values of peace, non-violence, harmony, equality and equal justice all over the world. I assure that Tamil Nadu will extend its full support and cooperation in conducting the conferences to mark India's G20 Presidency,' said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin (in photo). (Photo | PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former prime minister H D Deve Gowda. (Photo | PTI)

Sources said Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also asked Modi to help create a system that could aid the repatriation of fugitives who escaped to other countries after committing economic frauds in India. (Photo | ANI)

Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister Piyush Goyal were present, too. (Photo | ANI)

The next G20 Leaders' Summit at the level of heads of state or governments is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10 next year in New Delhi. G20 comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US and the European Union. (Photo | ANI)

G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant along with his wife Ranjeeta Kant arrive to attend the cultural programme at the G20 Sherpa meet, in Udaipur on Monday. (Photo | ANI)