The CPI (ML) Liberation declared protest marches for next month and attacked the federal government, led by the NDA, for “misleading” the public about the special package.
NITI AAYOG, a forum of discussion.
The goal of the 9th Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, which was presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, is to promote cooperation and participatory governance between the federal government and state governments.
“Niti Aayog,” the primary public policy forum of the central government, convenes to address development challenges and policy topics with chief ministers representing all 28 states, lieutenants governing bodies of 8 Union Territories, and other union ministers.
According to sources, chief ministers from states run by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were told to attend the meeting and provide PM Modi with an update on the major accomplishments of their administrations.
Only Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and a member of the INDIA bloc, the opposition party, attended the conference, despite a conspicuous boycott by several other chief ministers.
CPI (ML) claimed Nitish’s absence.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was allegedly embarrassed by the Center’s rejection to give the state special category status, according to the CPI (ML) Liberation, a member of the India bloc. As a result, he missed the NITI Aayog conference held on Saturday.
Mehboob Alam’s views.
Mehboob Alam, the leader of the CPI (ML) in the Bihar legislature, continued, “He ought to have been present at the important meeting.” He has once again missed his chance to request that Bihar be granted special category status and that the state’s revised quota regulations be included in the Constitution’s ninth schedule. The ninth schedule outlines state as well as federal legislation that cannot be contested in court. He has lost the golden opportunity, I believe.
Ajeet Kumar Singh’s views.
The chief minister of Bihar is not concerned about the overall well-being of his people or his state, as seen by his choice to miss the NITI Aayog conference, Singh said.
In addition, the party declared protest marches for the next month and attacked the NDA-led federal government for allegedly “misleading” the public about the special package.
JD (U) leaders silenced over the matter.
However, JD (U) leaders remained silent on party president Kumar’s absence from the Delhi NITI Aayog meeting.
After the Lok Sabha election and the Union Budget 2024, which missed out on Bihar special category status but provided substantial funding for a number of projects, Nitish and even other JD (U) leaders could not provide an explanation for the status of his absence from the very first meeting of the NITI Aayog.
The Chief Minister has also previously missed meetings with NITI Aayog. Additionally, Bihar was represented at the last meeting by the deputy chief minister in his absence. Both deputy chief ministers attended the meeting this time as well, so there is no relation to the Union Budget 2024; JD (U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar spoke in favor of the chief minister.
Additionally, the conference was attended by four Union ministers representing Bihar who’re also members of the Aayog. There’s nothing more to say about this, he said. Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary represented Bihar at the meeting.
Though reports indicate that Nitish Kumar may have been swayed by the federal government’s endorsement of Puducherry’s budget recommendations, it was questionable why he was reluctant to attend the crucial meeting then and now.
As Nitish has been mute on the subject, nobody has been able to corroborate the cause; therefore, speculation is the only thing going on.
Insights from the Niti Aayog meeting.
However, N. Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and a well-known ally of the NDA, was present at the meeting. Chief Ministers MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu, N Rangasamy of Puducherry, Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala, Bhagwant Mann of Punjab, Siddaramaiah of Karnataka, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of Himachal Pradesh, and Revanth Reddy of Telangana were among those who opted to abstain from the meeting.
The lone opposition chief minister there, Mamata Banerjee, leaves the event and claims the administration prevented her from speaking. She was only given five minutes to talk, while others had between ten and twenty minutes. Her microphone was silenced. Her assertions were denied by the Center, which said the clock indicated just that her speaking time had ended.
Jharkhand Assembly Elections session.
At JD (U)’s official house in Patna, Nitish presided over a meeting that was attended, among others, by working president Sanjay Kumar Jha. Following the conference, JD (U) leaders declared their intention to run in coalition with the BJP for the neighboring state of Jharkhand’s Assembly elections.
Jharkhand’s assembly elections are scheduled for this year’s end.
Nitish was occupied with an assembly session in the state, according to BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO of NITI Aayog; hence, he was unable to attend the meeting. Eight I.N.D.I.A. chief ministers skipped the NITI Aayog conference, with Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy being the second NDA chief minister to do so.
