Kolkata, 27 July (H.S.): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of the NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday. After that, addressing reporters, she said, ''I was not allowed to speak. My mic was turned off. Chief Ministers of other states were given a chance to present their views. But I did not get even 5 minutes. I have been insulted by turning off the mic. Bengal has been insulted. I said that you (Central Government) should not discriminate against state governments. This is insulting.''
''Through this meeting Bengal has been directly 'insulted', She said, ''I was alone from the opposition in the meeting. Despite this I was not given a chance to speak. I wanted to say something else. But before that the mic was switched off, this is an insult.'' Mamata told that she will not attend any meeting of Niti Aayog in future.
Earlier, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly complained about his mic being switched off in the Lok Sabha.
However, once again Mamata Banerjee was not given a chance to speak in the Niti Aayog meeting and her mic was allegedly also switched off.
