Shiv Sena (UBT) takes potshots at Eknath Shinde's Sena over non-inclusion of Minister in NITI Aayog
The Hindu
Shiv Sena leader criticizes exclusion from NITI Aayog, highlighting power dynamics within the Modi-led government.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on July 17 took potshots at the rival Shiv Sena over its Minister not finding a place in the reconstituted NITI Aayog.
“No place for Shinde Sena in the reconstituted NITI Ayog. When ‘Niti’ is only immoral power grab, can understand the exclusion,” Rajya Sabha member Chaturvedi said in a post on X.
The Narendra Modi-led NDA government on July 16 reconstituted the NITI Aayog, with four full-time members and 15 Union Ministers, including from the BJP allies, as either ex-officio members or special invitees.
Union Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) Prataprao Jadhav, who is also MoS in the Health Ministry, did not find a place in the reconstituted committee. Mr. Jadhav belongs to the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an ally of the BJP.
The Sena (UBT) has often dubbed the Shiv Sena as the party of those who have usurped power by “betraying” Uddhav Thackeray.
The National Institution for Transforming India, better known as ‘NITI Aayog’, was constituted in 2015 when the Modi government chose to scrap the 65-year-old Planning Commission.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the chairperson and economist Suman K. Bery will continue to be the vice-chairperson of NITI Aayog, according to an official notification.
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