NITI Aayog Meeting: The eighth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog is underway at the new Convention Center in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. PM Narendra Modi is presiding over this meeting. The theme of the meeting is ‘Developed India @ 2047: Role of Team India’. At the same time, eight Chief Ministers did not attend the NITI Aayog meeting. Among them are Mamta Banerjee of West Bengal, Nitish Kumar of Bihar, K Chandrasekhar Rao of Telangana, MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu, Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan and Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala. At the same time, Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi and Bhagwant Mann of Punjab have directly boycotted.
1. Arvind Kejriwal
PM Narendra Modi In a letter to CM Kejriwal, he said he was ‘boycotting’ the meeting in protest against the ‘undemocratic and unconstitutional’ ordinance of May 19, which restored control of services in the national capital to the Center under the lieutenant governor. Effectively quashed the order of the Supreme Court. Which handed over the control of services to the elected government except police, public order and land.
2. Mamta Banerjee
There is no representative of West Bengal in the NITI Aayog meeting. The TMC government’s request to send the state’s finance minister and chief secretary was turned down by the Centre, which insisted that Mamata Banerjee could attend the event. However, Mamta Banerjee has already decided not to attend the eighth Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. At the same time, the state’s Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said that Banerjee is busy in some other work, without giving any reason for not attending the meeting.
3. Nitish Kumar
Senior members of the Bihar cabinet said that Nitish Kumar expressed his inability to attend due to prior commitments. He said that if someone else can replace him then he will have to hear back from the central government. Nitish said what was the need for a new parliament? The earlier building was a historical one. I have repeatedly said that the people in power will change the history of this country. NITI Aayog meeting today and tomorrow new parliament building There was no point in attending the inauguration.
#WATCH , What was the need for a new Parliament? The earlier building was a historic one. I have repeatedly said that the people in power will change the history of this country. There was no sense to attend the NITI Aayog meeting today and also the inauguration of the new… pic.twitter.com/ocLyBPLF4U
— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2023
4. K Chandrasekhar Rao
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and Telangana chief minister will also skip the meeting as he has a meeting with Kejriwal in Hyderabad on Saturday. The meeting is part of Kejriwal’s campaign against the services ordinance, for which he has been seeking the support of leaders of opposition parties to stop the ordinance from being tabled in Parliament.
5. MK Stalin
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is on a tour of Singapore and Japan. That’s why he will not be able to attend the meeting.
6. Bhagwant Mann
The Chief Minister of Punjab will not attend the NITI Aayog meeting in protest against the alleged discrimination by the Center with the state on the issue of funds. Malvinder Singh Kang, chief spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab unit, said the chief minister has taken up the demand of releasing the outstanding Rural Development Fund (RDF) of Rs 3,600 crore with the Centre, but the Center is considering it.
7. Ashok Gehlot
News agency ANI reported that the Rajasthan CM has cited health reasons for not attending the meeting.
8. Pinarayi Vijayan
The Chief Minister of Kerala has not given any specific reason for his absence.
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