Vikrant Shekhawat : May 27, 2023, 08:52 AM
Niti Aayog Meeting: Today (Saturday) there will be an important meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over this meeting of NITI Aayog. Meanwhile, news has come that CMs of 4 states including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have decided not to participate in this meeting chaired by PM Modi. Apart from Chief Minister Kejriwal, the names of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) are included in this list. All four have announced not to attend the NITI Aayog meeting.CM Kejriwal's letterDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also wrote a letter in this regard on Friday. Kejriwal wrote that he would not be able to attend the NITI Aayog meeting due to the recently promulgated ordinance on transfer-posting of officers in Delhi. CM Kejriwal also wrote that there is a strong protest against the ordinance of the Center not only in Delhi but all over India.Important meeting of NITI AayogThe 8th meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council will be held at Pragati Maidan today (Saturday). Prime Minister Modi will preside over this meeting. The main theme of this meeting of NITI Aayog is 'Developed India @ 2047: Role of Team India'.The main issues will be discussedSignificantly, NITI Aayog said in a statement that the meeting discussed key issues including MSME, infrastructure and investment, women's empowerment, skill development, health and nutrition and speed power. There will be discussion. NITI Aayog also informed that CMs or Lieutenant Governors of all states and UTs have been invited to the meeting.Mamata Banerjee government's proposal rejectedHowever, West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee had expressed her desire to attend this meeting of NITI Aayog in the beginning of May, but later she refused. After this, the central government 'refused' the TMC government's request to send the state's finance minister and chief secretary.