Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said on Wednesday that Congress Chief Ministers have decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting because there is no "justice" for opposition-ruled states from the Centre.
Voicing strong criticism of the NITI Aayog meetings organized by the Union Government after the opposition unitedly decided to boycott them, AAP MP Sandeep Pathak said there is no use of such meetings as the opposition voices and concerns go unheard.
"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who also attended the meeting, has ignored the concerns of the people of Karnataka. We don't feel Kannadigas are heard, and hence there is no point in attending the NITI Aayog meeting," added the Karnataka Chief Minister.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal termed the Union Budget 2024 as extremely discriminatory and announced that the Indian National Congress (INC) Chief Ministers would be boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27.
The Chief Minister demanded that on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern states having similar geographical and social conditions, Uttarakhand should also be given the benefit of the industrial promotion policy for the next five years.
"While raising the state issue CM Sukhu the Centre urged not to reduce the previous year's deposit of Rs 1,779 crore under NPS to the borrowing ceiling of the current financial year which is 2023-24 and also to review the decision taken on March 27, 2023," the release said.
Launching a scathing attack on several Chief Ministers for boycotting the eighth Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday termed the move as "unfortunate".
Chief Ministers of opposition-ruled states, who have decided to skip the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting are seemingly "boycotting the development" of their states, government sources said on Saturday
Talking to the reporters in Patna, Kumar said, "What was the need for a new Parliament? The earlier building was a historic one. I have repeatedly said that the people in power will change the history of this country."
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to skip the NITI Aayog meeting which will take place on Saturday in the national capital, Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) Sources said on Friday.
PM Modi will deliberate on issues related to health, skill development, women empowerment and infrastructure development, with an aim to make India a developed nation by 2047.