Former Japanese PM Suga To Lead Large Business Delegation To Push Investments In India, Will Be Accompanied By 'Ganesha Group' MPs

Former Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga will be on a visit to India along from Tuesday (4 July).

Suga will accompanied by a business delegation consisting of over 100 members.

The purpose of their visit is to promote Japanese investments in India. During his visit, Suga is expected to travel to Ahmedabad to inspect the construction site of the High-Speed Railway (Shinkansen) project.

Additionally, he has plans to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi later in the week.

The business delegation accompanying Suga is organizsed by Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).

This delegation comprises numerous CEOs from prominent Japanese companies, reports Economic Times.

On Thursday (6 July) , Keidanren will co-host a large investment event with CII.

As a comprehensive economic organisation, Keidanren aims to harness the vitality of corporations, individuals, and local communities to support corporate activities that contribute to the sustainable development of the Japanese economy and the improvement of the quality of life for the Japanese people.

Suga will also be accompanied by seven Japanese parliamentarians of Ganesha Group.

During their meeting at the QUAD summit in May 2022, Prime Minister Modi encouraged the parliamentarians from the Ganesha Group in Japan to visit India.

The Ganesha Group, established in 2015, is a prominent support group for former Japanese PM Suga.

While it does not maintain a formal list of members, the group uses small Ganesha figures as a "certificate" of membership.

Unlike a faction, the Ganesha Group does not have a formal list of members, but uses small figures of the Hindu god as a "certificate" of membership.

One lawmaker bought the images as souvenirs from an overseas trip and distributed them among the members. Suga was given a slightly larger one, reports Nikkei.