Overview
- Amruta Fadnavis, invited to represent Maharashtra at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, said Saturday she will skip the trip after preparing to showcase a Yeola Paithani handloom.
- She cited the Prime Minister’s recent appeal to cut non‑essential overseas travel and luxury spending in response to volatile crude prices and supply concerns.
- A Paithani saree woven in Yeola by local artisans over about three months had been readied for the red carpet, and she called the choice emotionally difficult.
- Her statement framed the step as a personal decision in the national interest, and there was no indication of any formal order rescinding the invitation.
- Reports described her husband Devendra Fadnavis differently, with one outlet calling him chief minister and another identifying him as deputy chief minister.