PROJECTING her party as the mainstay of anti-BJP parties' march before the 2024 general elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to skip Niti Aayog meeting scheduled on May 27 in Delhi, said state secretariat officials at Nabanna.
Mamata's decision came a day after her party Trinamool Congress decided to boycott the inauguration of the newlybuilt Parliament building. It is not the first time Mamata will be skipping a Niti Aayog meeting. She has skipped the meetings in 2018, 2019 and 2021 claiming the think-tank has no power and the meetings were "fruitless".
The reason behind Banerjee's skipping of the Niti Aayog meeting this time is not known. "On Wednesday afternoon, the chief minister said that she would not attend the Niti Aayog meeting and asked to cancel her Delhi visit on May 27," said an official of the state government.
Mamata had earlier this month expressed interest in participating in the meeting and said that she will highlight the issue of the state which being allegedly deprived by the Centre.
This story is from the May 25, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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