India, July 9 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the NITI Aayog for incorrectly labelling Bihar as Bengal in a map used as the cover page for the panel's summary report on the state.

In a letter to NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman K Bery, Banerjee sought an apology from the government's think tank, insisting that this was a grave lapse and an affront to the state's identity and dignity. Banerjee put out a copy of her report on X along with the cover page of the report.

"I am writing with deep concern and unequivocal disapproval that in the 'Summary Report for the State of West Bengal,' published by NITI Aayog and available on its official website, the map intended to represent the s...