Scrap Niti Ayog, restore planning commission: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee planned to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to replace Niti Aayog with the Planning Commission. She deemed Niti Aayog powerless and criticized the budget for discriminating against opposition-ruled states. Banerjee chose to attend the Niti Aayog meeting, despite the INDIA bloc’s boycott, to raise concerns on a unified platform.