Nitish’s absence from Niti Aayog meet sparks buzz; Mamata, Vijayan & Siddaramaiah too keep away-OxBig News Network

Three opposition-ruled states’ Chief Ministers — Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) and Siddaramaiah (Karnataka) — skipped the Niti Aayog Governing Council assembly on Saturday. However, it was Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s absence, which gave rise to political hypothesis, contemplating the truth that he was current within the Capital, sources conscious of developments stated.

Though it grew to become recognized on May 23 that Banerjee, Siddaramaiah and Vijayan’s wouldn’t attend the assembly, it was Kumar’s absence that stored the political pot boiling. Kumar’s absence generated reactions from leaders of the RJD and Congress in Bihar, with the latter calling it “unfortunate” and suggesting that it would carry a deeper political message.

This isn’t the primary time that Kumar has skipped a Niti Aayog assembly. He was absent from the 2023 Governing Council assembly too. In 2024, he once more skipped it, with Bihar being represented as a substitute by Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha.

According to the sources, Kumar, whose JD(U) is a key ally of the BJP-led NDA authorities, has been in Delhi for the previous couple of days. There is theory that he’ll attend the assembly of all NDA-ruled states’ CMs on Sunday.

Similarly, no clear causes got by the workplaces of Banerjee and Vijayan for his or her absence, although Siddaramaiah had acknowledged that he had a previous engagement in Mysuru.

Puducherry CM N Rangasamy additionally stayed away from the assembly. He is the founding father of the NR Congress, which guidelines the UT. No cause was given behind his absence from the assembly by his workplace, the sources stated.

Meanwhile, Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subramanyam on Saturday stated nearly 17 states have ready and launched or are on the verge of releasing their imaginative and prescient paperwork on Viksit Bharat. The paperwork had been aligned with nationwide priorities, whereas being grounded in native realities, he stated.

Addressing a press convention after the assembly, Subramanyam stated there have been two objects on the agenda, other than an motion taken report.

The theme of the assembly itself and the primary merchandise on the agenda was ‘Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat’. In the final assembly, the PM had given a name for all states to arrange their very own state visions, making their states develop in order that they’ve visions which can mixture into a bigger imaginative and prescient for the nation. The sub-themes included manufacturing providers, rural, non-farm sector, city and inexperienced financial system and round financial system.

The PM famous that some states had performed rather a lot at their degree to type out bottlenecks in numerous sectors. At the identical time, Modi talked of making investment-friendly ambiance and a pleasant competitors amongst states, Subramanyam instructed mediapersons.