NEW DELHI: Citing the Union budget as “discriminatory and dangerous,” the Congress party announced that its chief ministers would not attend the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27.
“The budget was extremely discriminatory and dangerous, which completely goes against the principles of federalism and fairness that the Union government must follow.
In protest, Congress CMs will be boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27. This government’s attitude is completely antithetical to constitutional principles. We will not participate in an event that is solely designed to hide the true, discriminatory colors of this regime,” Venugopal said.
The boycott could extend to an opposition-wide boycott, with Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tewari indicating that all chief ministers from the INDIA bloc might skip the meeting.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s decision to potentially join the boycott has raised this possibility. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the INDIA bloc floor managers held at the residence of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday.
