Nitish skips Niti Aayog meeting

The state was represented at the meeting by Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, they said.

The reason for Kumar’s absence from the crucial meeting could not be immediately ascertained.

“This is not the first time that the CM has not attended the Nitish Aayog meeting. The CM had not attended the meeting earlier either and Bihar was represented by the then deputy CM. This time too, both the CMs of the Dy went to attend the meeting,” JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar told PTI.

“Also, there are four Union ministers from Bihar who are members of the Aayog and they will be present in the meeting. There is nothing to say about it,” he added.

The ninth meeting of the Aayog Governing Council discussed the document ‘Vikshit Bharat@2047’ with the aim of making India a developed nation.

The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, comprises all the CMs, lieutenant governors of the union territories and several Union ministers. Prime Minister Modi is the chairman of Niti Aayog.