The Niti Aayog meeting, convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, began on Tuesday at 7, RCR in the national capital.
While all Congress chief ministers remained absent from the meeting, it was attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, among others.
Others who attended the meeting include Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is embroiled in a controversy over multi-crore Vyapam scam.
Apart from the Congress chief ministers who did not attend the meeting, there were some non-Congress and non-BJP CMs as well to gave the meet a miss. Those who did not make it to the national capital for the meeting included West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Tamil Nadu’s J Jayalalithaa.
While Banerjee did not attend the meeting expressing her objection to the Land Acquisition Bill, Patnaik did not make it to the meet as he was reportedly busy with the preparations for the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra. Jayalalithaa sent her speech for the meeting through a letter to the Prime Minister.
The meeting of all chief ministers from across the country has been convened by Prime Minister Modi to discuss the Land Acquisition Bill, which the Centre has struggled to pass in the Rajya Sabha.
The Prime Minister is also slated to have separate meetings with chief ministers of North Eastern states, including Sikkim.
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