Mamata to attend NITI Aayog meeting

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has confirmed her participation in the NITI Aayog's governing council meeting on Sunday. This comes after the Chief Ministers of different states urged her to be present.

After wishing "Eid Mubarak" to all, Banerjee said: "As you all know that the meeting of NITI Aayog was called on the day of Eid, which is on June 16. I had pointed it out. We need to attend prayers on the day of Eid. It is difficult for us to go for the meeting on June 16. They had changed the date of the meeting and it has been rescheduled on June 17. The meeting is going to start at 9 am."

Banerjee, who will be attending the prayer on Red Road on Sunday morning, further said: "Despite my unwillingness, I am going to attend the meeting."

She said: "The Chief Ministers of different states have also urged me to attend the meeting of the NITI Aayog and I am going just because everyone wants me to go."

Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu, who is set to attend the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi as well, has organised a series of meetings with his officials and discussed the issues to be raised in the meeting.

Mamata, will be setting out for Delhi on Saturday evening. She will attend the meeting the next day and will come back to Kolkata on Monday.