Mamata Banerjee walks out of Niti Aayog meet, says her mic was muted
Mamata Banerjee on Saturday walked out of the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that her mic was muted while she was speaking.
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The West Bengal CM said, «I was speaking, my mic was stopped. I said why did you stop me, why are you discriminating. I am attending the meeting you should be happy instead of that you are giving more scope to your party your government. Only I am there from the opposition and you are stopping me from speaking. This is not only the insult of Bengal but also of all regional parties.»
«I wanted to speak but I was allowed to speak only for 5 minutes. People before me spoke for 10-20 minutes,» alleged Banerjee.
Several INDIA bloc CMs had announced their decision to skip the meeting as a mark of protest against the Union budget which, they alleged, was «anti-federal» in spirit and «extremely discriminatory» towards their states.
The list includes Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin of the DMK, Kerala Chief Minister and CPI (M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann of the Aam Aadmi Party and all three Congress chief ministers — Karnataka's Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh's Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Telangana's Revanth Reddy.
«All opposition-ruled states, including West Bengal, have been totally deprived in this budget. The Centre has shown a step-motherly attitude towards these states. I cannot
