Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Priti Patel during his nine-day tour of UK, UK and the Gulf region which began on October 18. Patel was sacked by UK Prime Minister Theresa May for holding a series of unofficial meetings with top Israeli politicians, without informing 10 Downing Street.

Interestingly, while Chandrababu received the Golden Peacock award for “Global Leadership in Public Service and Economic Transformation”