Mamata Banerjee skips NITI Aayog meet ;

Mamata BanerjeeOpposition parties in West Bengal targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "jeopardising" the welfare of the state by skipping the first meeting of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
"Under the federal structure, states will have to go to the Centre and cooperate to get their due. It's her dichotomy that on the one hand, she whines about neglect by the Centre and, on the other, refuses to cooperate with it," Congress state unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said. "The chief minister's dictatorial attitude and narrow mindedness is harming Bengal", added Chowdhury.
"By skipping the meet, she has jeopardised West Bengal's development and welfare. Banerjee has been carrying a stubborn attitude against the Centre but her stubbornness will not affect Prime Minister Modi. The only one to suffer will be Bengal," said BJP state unit president Rahul Sinha.

 

 

"Our chief minister does not believe in planning or planning-based development. She believes in hosting festivals and loves being surrounded by actors and film stars. So when other states are making their voices heard, she has comfortably chosen to ignore," CPI-M leader Md Salim said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on NITI Aayog's fist meeting, said states should forge a model of "cooperative federalism" to resolve differences.

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