The seventh governing council meeting of the government think tank NITI Aayog is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Sunday but uncertainty prevails over whether Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would participate in it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened the meeting, the first in-person meeting of the governing council after a gap of more than two years, with Chief Ministers of all States who are members of the apex body. The agenda of the meeting includes crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds and pulses, implementation of National Education Policy and urban governance among others.
There is however no clarity on whether the Chief Minister would attend the meeting or would depute one of his Cabinet colleagues or State Planning Board vice-chairman on his behalf. The development follows the strains in the relations between the State and the Central Government which are at loggerheads over several issues.
