Mamata walks out of NITI Aayog meeting

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of the NITI Aayog meeting here on Saturday as she said she was stopped from speaking "after just five minutes".

She also slammed the Union Budget for 2024-25, calling it "biased".

"I have come out boycotting the meeting. (Andhra Pradesh Chief



Minister) Chandrababu Naidu was given 20 minutes to speak. The chief ministers of Assam, Goa, Chhattisgarh spoke for 10-12 minutes. I was stopped from speaking after just five minutes. This is unfair. From the opposition side, I was the only one here. I attended the meeting because cooperative federalism should be strengthened.