As Oppn CMs announce boycott of NITI Aayog meet, Mamata postpones Delhi visit by a day

Visit postponed from Thursday to Friday, party sources say no reason given. NITI Aayog meeting to be held in Delhi on Saturday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (File Photo)

2 min readKolkataJul 25, 2024 04:47 PM IST First published on: Jul 25, 2024 at 04:47 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday postponed her visit to Delhi for the NITI Aayog meeting from Thursday to Friday.

The meeting itself is to be held on Saturday, July 27.

Banerjee’s decision, according to sources in her party Trinamool Congress, comes a day after state chief ministers from the opposition INDIA bloc, such as Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin, decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting.

The objective of their boycott is to protest the central government’s alleged discrimination in terms of funds allocation for opposition-ruled states in this year’s union budget.

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“The Chief Minister will not be going to New Delhi today. She didn’t disclose any reason for her decision,” said a TMC source. The TMC is also part of the INDIA bloc.

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