New Delhi. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed her attitude and left the NITI Aayog meeting midway. Coming out of the meeting, Mamata Banerjee alleged that I was given only five minutes to present my point and my mic was turned off, while the Chief Ministers of other NDA ruled states were allowed to speak for 20 minutes. However, government sources have denied this claim of Mamata. The government has said that her speaking time was over but even the bell was not rung to mark it. According to alphabetical order, her turn would have come after lunch.
Top govt sources on @MamataOfficial alleging her microphone was shut during the @NITIAayog meeting is not correct. The clock only showed that her speaking time was over. Even the bell was not rung to mark it. Alphabetically, her turn would have come after lunch. She was…
— 🦏 Payal M (@payalmehta100) July 27, 2024
Let us tell you that there has been a lot of commotion since the beginning regarding this meeting of Niti Aayog. The opposition’s Indi alliance has boycotted this meeting. In such a situation, Mamta Banerjee surprised everyone by ignoring the opposition’s boycott and saying that she will attend this meeting. Accusing the central government of discrimination, Mamta Banerjee said that this is my personal matter and now I will not attend any such meeting in future. Mamta said that when I demanded funds for West Bengal, my mic was turned off. Mamta said that she demanded to abolish Niti Aayog and implement Planning Commission.
Delhi: “…I was not given an opportunity to speak at the NITI Aayog meeting….This is insult and I’ll not attend any meeting further,” says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as left the meeting. pic.twitter.com/PcWepGRHk3
— IANS (@ians_india) July 27, 2024
Earlier there was a discussion that Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren would also participate in today’s meeting of NITI Aayog but he did not reach the meeting. Apart from this, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also not participating in this meeting. In such a situation, questions are also being raised about Nitish’s absence from the meeting. The theme of today’s meeting of NITI Aayog has been kept as ‘Developed India @ 2047’. The main agenda of this meeting is to focus on making India a developed nation. It is being said that a report will be submitted to NITI Aayog by the state governments in the meeting. On the basis of this report, the scheme to be run with the cooperation of the central and state government will be discussed.