Opposition CMs decide to boycott NITI Aayog July 27 meeting

NEW DELHI: The Chief Ministers of the Opposition states have decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for 27th July over the ‘discriminatory’ Budget.

A decision to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting was taken at a meeting by the INDIA leaders on Tuesday evening. The meeting was attended by Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, TMC leaders Derek Obrien, Kalyan Banerjee, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, CPI leader P Sandosh Kumar, CPM’s K Radhakrishnan among others.

According to sources, the TMC will convey a final decision on the matter after consulting with party chief Mamata Banerjee. Even before the meeting, DMK chief and Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin announced his decision to boycott the meeting.

Announcing the Congress party’s decision on X, party general secretary K C Venugopal said that INC CMs will be boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting.