BHUBANESWAR: The opposition BJP and Congress lashed out at chief minister Naveen Patnaik for the latter’s resolution to skip the NITI Aayog meet that held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
Briefing journalists here, Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram mentioned the executive minister is not following the Constitution of India in true letter and spirit.
“Naveen Babu has become the executive minister by taking the oath of the Constitution of India. But he turns out to have forgotten his constitutional responsibilities by no longer attending the NITI meeting. He is focusing more on his party affairs. This is not a excellent sign for Odisha,” Jual instructed journalists here.
Naveen’s resolution to skip the NITI Aayog meet had additionally no longer long gone down smartly with the Congress. Hitting out at the chief minister, state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned the executive minister’s move proved that he is no longer ready to lift issues touching on state’s interest in right discussion board.
“NITI Aayog is a best possible discussion board in our nation the place chief ministers of various states sign up for to talk about issues associated with their states. It is the most efficient discussion board to put states of our states. If he skips the meeting, on which discussion board he will raise the issues of Odisha’s interest,” Niranjan mentioned.
Stating that Naveen’s West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee additionally attended the meet despite his variations with BJP, Niranjan mentioned will Naveen additionally inform his MPs not to attend Parliament periods. “His policies are very unclear,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Though the BJD clarified Naveen’s move saying the executive minister may just no longer attend the meeting due to prior engagements within the state, a bit throughout the BJD mentioned the BJD president’s resolution used to be in view of the national political state of affairs and to strike a stability between the ruling and opposition teams.
“Ever since the third front debate has brought about, chief ministers of four states had been taking on the NDA government. They had even visited the residence of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to turn team spirit to his protest. Had Naveen been in Delhi, he can have faced an ungainly state of affairs,” mentioned a senior political observer.
The observer mentioned had he been sided with the 4 chief ministers, he can have invited the wrath of BJP management.
BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Deb mentioned NITI Aayog is not a constitutional discussion board. “The chief minister has communicated his resolution to the Prime Minister. Besides, the state government has additionally sent his issues on issues to be mentioned at the meet. There is no reality in opposition allegations,” mentioned Deb.
Earlier, the executive minister had attended the governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog and positioned several issues.
Briefing journalists here, Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram mentioned the executive minister is not following the Constitution of India in true letter and spirit.
“Naveen Babu has become the executive minister by taking the oath of the Constitution of India. But he turns out to have forgotten his constitutional responsibilities by no longer attending the NITI meeting. He is focusing more on his party affairs. This is not a excellent sign for Odisha,” Jual instructed journalists here.
Naveen’s resolution to skip the NITI Aayog meet had additionally no longer long gone down smartly with the Congress. Hitting out at the chief minister, state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned the executive minister’s move proved that he is no longer ready to lift issues touching on state’s interest in right discussion board.
“NITI Aayog is a best possible discussion board in our nation the place chief ministers of various states sign up for to talk about issues associated with their states. It is the most efficient discussion board to put states of our states. If he skips the meeting, on which discussion board he will raise the issues of Odisha’s interest,” Niranjan mentioned.
Stating that Naveen’s West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee additionally attended the meet despite his variations with BJP, Niranjan mentioned will Naveen additionally inform his MPs not to attend Parliament periods. “His policies are very unclear,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Though the BJD clarified Naveen’s move saying the executive minister may just no longer attend the meeting due to prior engagements within the state, a bit throughout the BJD mentioned the BJD president’s resolution used to be in view of the national political state of affairs and to strike a stability between the ruling and opposition teams.
“Ever since the third front debate has brought about, chief ministers of four states had been taking on the NDA government. They had even visited the residence of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to turn team spirit to his protest. Had Naveen been in Delhi, he can have faced an ungainly state of affairs,” mentioned a senior political observer.
The observer mentioned had he been sided with the 4 chief ministers, he can have invited the wrath of BJP management.
BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Deb mentioned NITI Aayog is not a constitutional discussion board. “The chief minister has communicated his resolution to the Prime Minister. Besides, the state government has additionally sent his issues on issues to be mentioned at the meet. There is no reality in opposition allegations,” mentioned Deb.
Earlier, the executive minister had attended the governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog and positioned several issues.
Congress, BJP slam Naveen Patnaik for skipping NITI Aayog meet
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