Mamta Banerjee is finally going to attend the NITI Aayog meeting. Mamta Banerjee has reached Delhi to participate in the meeting. However, despite being in the INDIA block, Mamata Banerjee is not the only leader to take such a decision. In fact, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is also going to participate in the NITI Aayog meeting.
The NITI Aayog meeting is going to be held on July 27, 2024, which can be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attending the NITI Aayog meeting also means meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The rest of the Chief Ministers of the INDIA alliance have already decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting. Mamata Banerjee had decided from the very beginning to attend the NITI Aayog meeting, but before leaving Kolkata for Delhi, the West Bengal Chief Minister canceled the program – and then made a fresh schedule the very next day.
Now only the Chief Ministers of Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and DMK are left among those who distanced themselves from the NITI Aayog meeting. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann have also already told that they are not going to attend the NITI Aayog meeting. Other chief ministers include Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
The question arises that why is Mamata Banerjee attending the NITI Aayog meeting without caring about the stand of the Chief Ministers of the opposition INDIA block?
Does Mamata Banerjee want to give any message to the Congress leading the INDIA block by deciding to attend the NITI Aayog meeting, or does this step of Mamata Banerjee have any message for the ruling BJP at the Centre?
Why did Mamata Banerjee change her stand again and again?
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says that the Central Government has discriminated against her state in the budget, which is not acceptable to her under any circumstances. Mamta Banerjee is saying that she does not like discrimination, and that is why she is going to attend the NITI Aayog meeting to raise her voice.
It is clear that Mamata Banerjee had taken a different decision from the INDIA block, but changed her mind after the announcements of General Budget 2024, and canceled the first decision – but then what happened suddenly that the second decision was also changed immediately?
Mamta Banerjee herself has also told this. Mamta Banerjee says, there was no need to come to Delhi, and because of the budget, I had also canceled the program. But Abhishek (Banerjee) and others prepared me for it, and I talked to Hemant Soren. They are also coming.
But Mamata Banerjee has also made it clear what she is going to do in the NITI Aayog meeting. Mamta Banerjee has told that she will sit there for some time, but if allowed to speak, she will present her views.
Otherwise, Mamata Banerjee will do what she has always done in such circumstances. Disfellowship.
Meaning of Mamata Banerjee attending NITI Aayog meeting
Mamata Banerjee, on her part, has explained the reason for changing the decision regarding the NITI Aayog meeting, and also her stand after attending the meeting – but the real politics behind taking such a step is different.
Mamata Banerjee’s taking a different stand from the political parties included in the INDIA block is also her political statement, which has many meanings – and hence some questions also arise.
Is Mamata Banerjee using India Block only for profit?
During the Lok Sabha elections, Mamata Banerjee had said that if the India Bloc government is formed, she will support it from outside, but immediately made a new statement that she is a part of the opposition alliance, that is, if the government is formed, she can join. That thing did not happen, but Mamata Banerjee’s view regarding India Block had definitely come to the fore.
Trinamool Congress has been seen with the opposition during the Parliament session. TMC MP Mahua Moitra has also addressed Rahul Gandhi as ‘our leader’. TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s speech in the Lok Sabha has also been seen to be on the lines of Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav.
But Mamata Banerjee has shown a different attitude regarding the NITI Aayog meeting. Mamata Banerjee did not share a single seat with her alliance partners in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections. Yes, Akhilesh Yadav had definitely given a seat to Mamata Banerjee’s party in UP.
Mamata Banerjee has also been attending India Block meetings in the past, but ever since she announced to contest the elections alone in West Bengal, she has never attended any meeting. Overall, it can be understood that Mamata Banerjee only uses the India Block by calling herself associated with it due to the compulsions of the opposition.
Mamata Banerjee attending the meeting has its place, but it is even more important to listen and understand what the Trinamool Congress leader has said regarding NITI Aayog.
Mamata Banerjee has demanded to remove NITI Aayog and bring back Planning Commission. Mamta Banerjee says that what does NITI Aayog do apart from calling meetings.
In a sense, this demand of Mamata Banerjee is supporting the Congress. After the formation of BJP government at the Center in 2014, the Planning Commission was abolished. And in its place NITI Aayog was formed in 2015.