India, May 24 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the 10th Governing Council meeting of the NITI Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on Saturday.

In July 2024, Banerjee had walked out of the NITI Aayog's meeting, claiming that she was allowed to speak only for five minutes.

This year's theme is 'Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047', with the central focus on states and thereby making India a developed nation.

"The way the Modi government replaced the Planning Commission with the NITI Aayog was unethical. Not all states are allowed to speak. Whatever the party's supremo says is the decision of the party. Banerjee has done the right thing by skipping the meeting," Saugata Roy, Trinamool Congress...