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In surprise move, Mamata Banerjee to attend NITI Aayog meet

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is set to be the only INDI Allaince leader to attend a NITIย Aayog meet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27. Other attendees are expected to be chief ministers from states ruled by the BJP.

A numberย ofย chiefย ministersย haveย assembledย inย Newย Delhiย forย the important NITIย Aayog meeting.

Primeย Ministerย Narendraย Modiย willย presideย overย theย summit,ย atย whichย timeย eachย stateย willย getย aย chanceย toย voiceย itsย urgentย concerns. Underย PMย Modi’sย direction,ย aย numberย ofย state-specificย issuesย willย beย discussed.

Regardingย theย meeting,ย Goaย Chiefย Ministerย Pramodย Sawantย told the media, “Goaย isย activelyย participatingย andย hasย alsoย announcedย 10%ย reservationsย underย theย Agniveerย schemeย forย uniformedย services.”

“Viksitย Bharat@2047,”ย theย meeting’sย mainย subject,ย focusesย onย imaginingย Indiaย asย aย developedย countryย byย 2047. Theย approachย paperย forย thisย visionย documentย willย beย discussed,ย withย PMย Modiย presidingย overย theย proceedings. Chiefย Ministersย fromย everyย stateย ruledย byย theย Bharatiyaย Janataย Partyย (BJP)ย willย beย presentย today,ย butย oppositionย leadersย haveย declinedย toย go,ย blamingย theย “rawย deal”ย thatย wasย givenย toย themย inย theย Unionย Budget.

Mamataย Banerjee,ย theย chiefย ministerย ofย Westย Bengal,ย isย theย onlyย stateย leaderย ofย theย INDIAย blocย partiesย whoย wouldย beย presentย atย theย summit.

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Atย theย NITIย Aayogย conferenceย onย Saturday,ย Julyย 27,ย inย Delhi,ย Mamataย Banerjeeย declaredย thatย sheย willย beย stagingย aย protestย againstย theย politicalย prejudiceย Bengalย hasย beenย subjectedย to.

Followingย Congress-ruledย statesย likeย Himachalย Pradesh’sย Sukhwinderย Singhย Sukhu,ย Karnataka’sย Siddaramaiah,ย andย Telangana’sย Revanthย Reddy,ย theย boycottย wasย startedย byย Tamilย Naduย Chiefย Ministerย MKย Stalin.

Theย chiefย ministersย ofย Jharkhandย andย Kerala,ย Hemantย Sorenย andย Pinarayiย Vijayan,ย respectively,ย asย wellย asย theย Punjabย administration,ย ledย byย theย Aamย Aadmiย Partyย andย headedย byย Chiefย Ministerย Bhagwantย Mann,ย haveย alsoย chosenย notย toย attend.

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