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Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, who heads the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities successful Puducherry, skipped the NITI Aayog gathering chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful New Delhi connected Thursday (June 11, 2026).
The 11th council gathering of NITI Aayog held astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre was attended by Chief Ministers including those from the neighbouring Opposition-ruled States specified arsenic Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Kerala to sermon Centre’s improvement agenda.
The gathering was held nether the taxable ‘Inclusive Human Development for Viksit Bharat @2047,’ successful enactment with the Prime Minister’s imaginativeness of ‘Team India’ for a developed India. A cardinal absorption of the gathering was to bring retired strategy successful aligning State-level improvement visions with the nationalist extremity of inclusive quality development, reinforcing a collaborative attack towards equitable and sustainable development, The Hindu has learnt.
PM would instrumentality due decision: CM office
On his lack from the meeting, a connection posted successful a WhatsApp radical managed by the Chief Minister’s Office, said Mr. Rangasamy did not be the gathering arsenic helium felt the “Prime Minister would instrumentality due determination considering the payment of people.”
“Since it is NDA authorities successful Puducherry, the Prime Minister volition instrumentality determination for the payment of the radical of Puducherry. A elaborate study connected the fiscal request has already been forwarded to Centre,” the connection said.
In the study forwarded to Centre, the Chief Minister has reiterated Puducherry government’s request for a nominal summation of 10 per cent successful the Normal Central Assistance connected an yearly ground till the inclusion of the Union Territory successful the Finance Commission.
Continued absence
This is not the archetypal clip that Chief Minister has avoided attending the NITI Aayog meeting. During the past tenure also, the Chief Minister skipped attending astir each meetings chaired by the Prime Minister citing “personal reasons,” oregon “prior engagements.”
In fact, though the Chief Minister was holding the Finance portfolio during his erstwhile tenure, helium avoided attending important meetings related to GST Council also. He often deputed the past Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan for the GST assembly meetings.
The Chief Minister’s lack from specified meetings was raised by the Opposition successful the past Assembly and astatine property conferences. The DMK members during Assembly debates made repeated appeals to the Chief Minister to conscionable the Prime Minister successful Delhi to property for the Union Territory’s demands, including Statehood and inclusion of the territory nether the ambit of recommendations of the Finance Commission.
They had adjacent drawn the attraction of Mr. Rangasamy connected the visits made by the past Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to Delhi, though the DMK was ideologically opposed to Mr. Modi’s party, the BJP.
‘Absence not successful the champion involvement of Puducherry people’
Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy excessively had spoken against the Chief Minister’s determination not to be NITI Aayog meetings. In a video connection connected Thursday, the Congress person said whether his determination not to be was governmental oregon personal, the lack of a caput of the authorities from specified forums was not successful the champion involvement of the radical of Puducherry.
“People person voted him to power. He has betrayed the involvement of the radical by skipping the NITI Aayog meeting. It is an important avenue, wherever issues of Puducherry’s interest could beryllium taken up. The Chief Minister is not supportive to the improvement docket of Puducherry,” the connection said.
