Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing the 7th governing council meeting of NITI Aayog. The meeting is held at Rashtrapati Bhawan’s Cultural Center in Delhi.
Meanwhile, all the state’s Chief Ministers are attending the meeting, excluding Telangana CM.
Notably, after 2019, this meeting is the first in-person meeting of the Governing Council.
The meeting includes issues related to agriculture, health, and the economy. This meeting of the council is held regularly. Its first meeting was held on 8 February 2015.
Notably, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao boycotted the meeting and also wrote a letter to PM Modi.
“I do not find it useful to attend the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog scheduled to be held on August 7 and I am staying away from it as a mark of strong protest against the present trend of the Central Govt to discriminate against the states and not treating them as equal partners in our collective efforts to mark India a strong and developed country,” the letter said.
Moreover, after CM K Chandrashekar Rao’s boycott, BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP K Laxman slammed Telangana CM. “This is most unfortunate politics as it has nothing to do with Niti Aayog. Boycotting the meeting will not cause loss to him or his family but it is a big loss for the state,” Laxman said.
However, the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog is expected to pave the way for synergy between the Center and the States and Union Territories towards a new era of cooperation.