Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the eighth governing council meeting of Niti Aayog on the new Convention Centre in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan on Saturday. The theme of the assembly is ‘Viksit Bharat @2047: Role of Team India’

As many as eight chief ministers – Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi, Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal, Bhagwant Mann of Punjab, Nitish Kumar of Bihar, Okay Chandrashekar Rao of Telangana, MK Stalin of Tamil Nadu, Ashok Gehlot Rajathan and Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala – determined to not attend the Niti Aayog assembly.

Here’s why these CMs didn’t attending Niti Aayog assembly:

Arvind Kejriwal: In a letter to PM Modi, Kejriwal mentioned he was “boycotting” the assembly in protest in opposition to the “undemocratic and unconstitutional” May 19 ordinance that restored management over providers within the nationwide capital to the Centre below the LG, successfully nullifying a Supreme Court order that handed over management of providers, barring police, public order and land, to the elected authorities.

Mamata Banerjee: West Bengal is not going to have any consultant on the Niti Aayog assembly because the TMC authorities’s request to ship the state finance minister and the chief secretary was “turned down” by the Centre, which “insisted” that Mamata Banerjee could attend the occasion. Banerjee has already determined to not attend the eighth governing council assembly of Niti Aayog.

State finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya mentioned Banerjee is busy with another work, with out elaborating the explanation behind skipping the meet.

Nitish Kumar: Senior members of the Bihar cupboard mentioned Nitish Kumar expressed his incapability to attend due to “prior commitments”, and mentioned they have been but to listen to again from the Union authorities if another person might take his place.

Okay Chandrashekar Rao: The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) president and Telangana chief minister will even not attend the assembly since he has a scheduled assembly with Kejriwal in Hyderabad on Saturday. The assembly is a part of a marketing campaign by Kejriwal in opposition to the providers ordinance for which he has been assembly leaders of Opposition events asking for his or her help in blocking the ordinance when it comes within the type of a invoice in Parliament.

MK Stalin: The Tamil Nadu chief minister is on a go to to Singapore and Japan and therefore he will not be capable to attend the assembly.

Bhagwant Mann: The Punjab chief minister is not going to attend the Niti Aayog assembly to protest the alleged discrimination in opposition to the state by the Centre over the problem of grant of funds. Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab unit chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang mentioned the chief minister has taken up with the Centre the demand to launch ₹3,600 crore excellent rural improvement fund (RDF), however the Centre has been sitting over it.

Ashok Gehlot: The Rajasthan CM has cited well being causes for not attending the assembly, information company ANI reported.

Pinarayi Vijayan: The Kerala chief minister has not given any particular cause for his absence.

(With inputs from Bureau)