Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw criticized Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his speech in the Lower House on Monday and said that the LoP's action, despite being on a constitutional post, is to undermine democracy and the Constitution.
Earlier on Monday, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi demanded that reservation should be included in the ninth schedule of the constitution and said the party is in favour of caste census.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Mamata Banerjee's claim was "baseless," and that she is making efforts to keep the leaders of the INDIA bloc happy.
With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attending the Niti Aayog meeting on Saturday, JD-U leader KC Tyagi asked if she wanted to join the ruling NDA, stating that she had taken a decision that was not in keeping with the move of other chief ministers of the INDIA bloc to boycott
BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Saturday said that the INDIA bloc claims to be committed to safeguarding the Constitution. However, Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's letter to President Droupadi Murmu reveals the TMC anti-Constitutional.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla sharply criticised the opposition parties for choosing to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday and argued that the INDIA bloc consistently opposes anything beneficial for the country, suggesting that their issue wasn't with the budget itself but with
"I can only say that these so-called INDI bloc members, it is not at all an alliance because Mamata did not give a single seat to Congress in polls," Pralhad Joshi said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut backed the INDIA alliance chief ministers' decision to not attend the NITI Aayog meeting. He alleges that the government and NITI Ayog treat impartially to the non-NDA states
Ahead of the NITI Aayog meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party government over the Union Budget and said that the budget seems like a "vengeful act" against the States and people who boycotted the BJP.