Congress CMs to skip NITI Aayog meet over ‘Budget bias’

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NEW DELHI: Dubbing the budget as “

discriminatory

and

dangerous

“, Congress announced that its chief ministers would not participate in the meeting of the NITI Aayog on July 27.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said, “The budget was extremely discriminatory and dangerous, which completely goes against the principles of federalism and fairness that the Union govt must follow.

In protest,

Congress CMs

will be boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27. This govt’s attitude is completely antithetical to constitutional principles. We will not participate in an event that is solely designed to hide the true, discriminatory colours of this regime.”
The boycott may take the shape of an opposition boycott, with Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tewari telling reporters that all INDIA bloc chief ministers may stay away from the brainstorming called by Centre. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s decision has raised the possibility. The issue came up for discussion at the meeting of the INDIA bloc floor managers at the residence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday.