{"id":45084,"date":"2018-06-17T16:32:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T11:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=45084"},"modified":"2018-06-17T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T11:06:38","slug":"kejriwals-lg-house-protest-overshadows-niti-ayog-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/kejriwals-lg-house-protest-overshadows-niti-ayog-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Kejriwal\u2019s LG House protest overshadows NITI Ayog meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership\u2019s ongoing protest sit-in at Lieutenant Governor\u2019s house in Delhi has over-shadowed NITI Ayog meeting on Sunday after four state Chief Ministers were not allowed to see their counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/narendr-modi\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> chaired the NITI Ayog meeting who invoked \u201cTeam India\u201d spirit saying, \u201cThe governing council has approached complex issues of governance.. in the spirit of cooperative, competitive federalism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Chief Ministers of the states have played a key role in policy formulation, through sub-groups and committees on issues such as Swachh Bharat Mission, Digital Transactions and Skill Development.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Delighted to interact with Chief Ministers, officials and other dignitaries at the 4th Governing Council meeting of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NITIAayog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NITIAayog<\/a>. This is a wonderful platform to bring historic transformation in the nation. Here are highlights of my opening remarks.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xGkcBA5asC\">https:\/\/t.co\/xGkcBA5asC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yoH115Tzcc\">pic.twitter.com\/yoH115Tzcc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1008251159159730177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>PM\u2019s comment comes in the backdrop of four state Chief Ministers, including Mamata Banerjee from West Bengal, N. Chandrababu Naidu of Madhya Pradesh, Pinarai Vjayan of Kerala an H. D, Kumaraswami of Karnataka were denied permission to meet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at Delhi\u2019s LG House on Saturday. They had earlier said they would meet PM Modi to seek resolution for the \u201cconstitutional crisis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3apnlivemumbai.s3-website.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/apnlive\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kejriwal\u2019s-LG-House-protest-overshadows-NITI-Ayog-meet..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image aligncenter wp-image-45088 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/s3apnlivemumbai.s3-website.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/apnlive\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kejriwal\u2019s-LG-House-protest-overshadows-NITI-Ayog-meet..jpg\" alt=\"Kejriwal\u2019s LG House protest overshadows NITI Ayog meet\" width=\"1064\" height=\"602\" \/><\/a>The four Chief Ministers have accused the central government of stoking the crisis and \u201cdestroying\u201d the federal structure.\u201d Mamata Banerjee was quoted saying, \u201cIf this is happening in the capital, then what will happen in other states?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kejriwal, while talking to a TV channel on Saturday, thanked the four Chief Ministers and said that the officers\u2019 protest was at the \u201cinstance of Prime Minister\u201d and asserted that \u201cWe will work together to save democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a senior BJP leader Vijay Goel said on Saturday that the leaders and Chief Ministers were in capital to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/niti-ayog\">NITI Aayog<\/a> meeting and not to do politics saying, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t suit them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delhi\u2019s Chief Minister did not attend the NITI Ayog meeting on Sunday as he and his three cabinet colleagues have been camping at the waiting room in Lt Governor\u2019s house for almost a week, demanding an end to a \u201cstrike\u201d called by bureaucrats after the alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Aanshu Prakash in February this year.<\/p>\n<p>The NITI Ayog meeting discussed the measures taken to double farmers\u2019 income and the progress in flagship schemes. The development agenda for \u201cNew India 2022\u201d was also expected to be approved in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The council includes all states\u2019 Chief Ministers and leiutinent governors of Union Territories, except Delhi and Pondicherry.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/arvind-kejriwal\">Delhi CM Arvind\u00a0 Kejriwal<\/a> stoked a controversy by wondering on Twitter what Delhi&#8217;s LG is doing at the Niti Aayog meet. &#8220;Under which provision of the Constitution does LG have powers to replace the Chief Minister?&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Under which provision of the Constitution does LG have powers to replace the Chief Minister? I have not authorised him to go in my place. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ccA94tpKNo\">https:\/\/t.co\/ccA94tpKNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal\/status\/1008213141870825472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Amitabh Kant, Niti Aayog&#8217;s chief executive said the LG isn&#8217;t present at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trinamool chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that the issues of the Delhi government need to be heard and dealt with quickly. &#8220;I along with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala have requested PM Modi today to resolve the problems of Delhi government immediately,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I along with the Hon\u2019ble CMs of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala have requested Hon\u2019ble PM today to resolve the problems of Delhi government immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MamataOfficial\/status\/1008240849040207872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership\u2019s ongoing protest sit-in at Lieutenant Governor\u2019s house in Delhi has over-shadowed NITI Ayog meeting on Sunday after four state Chief Ministers were not allowed to see their counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the NITI Ayog meeting who invoked \u201cTeam India\u201d spirit saying, \u201cThe governing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[36,11851],"yst_prominent_words":[50600,50691,4422,50704,50697,6674,50702,50703,50692,50693,5451,50689,50690,50694,50698,50699,50695,50700,50696,50701],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2018\/06\/17163144\/Kejriwal%E2%80%99s-LG-House-protest-overshadows-NITI-Ayog-meet.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45084"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=45084"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=45084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->