Tejasvi Surya thanks EAM Jaishankar with Mysore Pak for facilitating US Consulate in Bengaluru
Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with traditional Mysore Pak sweets and expressed gratitude to the government for facilitating the consulate in Bengaluru. Bengaluru had been demanding a US Consulate for long with the state giver and the BJP MP following up on the demand. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US in June 2023, it was announced that the US will open two new consulates in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, and India would establish a mission in Seattle.
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The US Consulate will be open on Jan 17 in Bengaluru with the Ambassador of the US to India Eric Garcetti with other top dignitaries set to attend the ceremony on Friday. While the Consulate officials are yet to be named and the location too yet to be revealed, it has been reported that the Consulate would initially function with a limited number of officers from the JW Marriott hotel on Vittal Mallya Road, before moving to a permanent office.
Late on Wednesday evening, Surya posted a video with the Foreign Minister welcoming the US Consulate. “It’s been made possible only and only because of PM @narendramodi and EAM @DrSJaishankar’s efforts. What better way to thank our EAM than with our own Mysuru Pak!”
He further said: “Bengaluru having a
