"Raw deal in budget": Karnataka to boycott July 27 Niti Aayog meet to be chaired by PM
Niti Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27 in Delhi to protest what Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called “raw deal” to the state in the budget Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the meeting.
While the CM posted the decision in a post on X, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar defended the decision, on Thursday, saying there was no point in attending the NITI Aayog meeting when it lacked “neeti” (fairness). “Karnataka has got a raw deal in the Union Budget. The State has not got any projects and the budget has not served its interests, he told the media, adding that the state would not only boycott the meeting, but would stage a protest instead.
The chief minister said despite his efforts in calling for an all-party MPs meeting in New Delhi to discuss Karnataka's essential needs and (conveying the same to the Union Government), the budget neglected the state's demands. “Finance Minister @nsitharaman, who also attended the meeting, has ignored the concerns of the people of Karnataka. We don't feel Kannadigas are heard, and hence there is no point in attending the NITI Aayog meeting,” Siddaramaiah said.
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