The Centre on Saturday (July 27) refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her microphone was switched off during the 9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI as "misleading."
PM Modi chaired the 9th NITI Aayog governing council meeting, outlining a strategy for making India a developed nation by 2047. Held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, the meeting included leaders from 20 states and six Union Territories.
Mamata Banerjee was the only Chief Minister from the INDIA bloc who had attended the governing council meet, post the presentation of the Union Budget earlier this week.
NITI Aayog meeting: The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers. Modi is the chairman of NITI Aayog.
NITI Aayog meeting: CM Mamata said that dividing West Bengal means dividing the nation and further mentioned that she will record her voice at the meeting and if they won't let her, she will protest and leave the meeting.
Although most of the Opposition ruling states alleged that the Union Budget ignored their interests, the NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery hailed the Finance Minister Sitharaman's announcements, saying it was a structural budget which would help in improving growth.
Earlier, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister also announced to boycott NITI Aayog meeting saying that it was appropriate to skip the meeting as the state was neglected in the budget.
NITI Aayog Meeting: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the meeting as the chairman of NITI Aayog. This 8th Governing Council Meeting is being held in the backdrop of India's G20 Presidency.
NITI Aayog meeting: Ravi Shankar Prasad said as many as 100 issues are proposed to be discussed in the 8th governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog but chief ministers of eight states are not coming to attend it.
NITI Aayog Meeting: First Boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament and now boycott Modi's Vision 2047.. Anti Modi camp's Boycott Politics continues... Important meeting of NITI Aayog has started in Delhi... But 6 states The Chief Ministers have boycotted this meeting.
NITI Aayog Meeting: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the meeting as the chairman of NITI Aayog. This 8th Governing Council Meeting is being held in the backdrop of India's G20 Presidency.
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Niti Ayog Meeting: NITI Aayog meeting is going to be held in Delhi tomorrow i.e. on 27th May. West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee, Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and Congress ruled states will not attend this meeting.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday emphasised about working on a war footing to make the country a manufacturing hub in the world and claimed India can leave behind China in the sector, Delhi government sources said.
The meeting, to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, will be attended by chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, several union ministers and senior government officials.
Observing that the Indian economy has grown at a healthy rate of 7.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017-18, Modi said the challenge now is to take this growth rate to double digits, which requires more important measures.
"Under which provision of the Constitution does LG have powers to replace the Chief Minister? I have not authorised him to go in my place," Kejriwal tweeted. However, NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant described the report as "totally incorrect".
PM Modi on Sunday chaired the fourth meeting of Governing Council of Niti Aayog. During the inaugural address, PM Modi hailed the national 'Team India' spirit in policy implementation and cited GST rollout as its prime example.
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi reached Delhi on Saturday to attend a meeting of the governing council of the NITI Aayog even as the ruling Janata Dal-United in the state is grappling
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