Mamata Banerjee lying about NITI Aayog meeting, jealous of Rahul Gandhi: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was lying about her not being allowed to speak in the NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday.

"The things that Mamata Banerjee is saying regarding NITI Aayog meeting, I feel like she is lying. It is very surprising if a state's CM wouldn't be allowed to speak. Mamata Banerjee knew what would be happening there. She had the script. She knew what was happening in the meeting ," Chowdhury said.



Further, the former Congress MP said that Mamata Banerjee was jealous of Rahul Gandhi as he has been getting importance in national politics.

"I think that today, the way Rahul Gandhi appears as a leader of the opposition in all of India, and the way common people of India have faith in Rahul Gandhi, it has started to create jealousy in her mind," he claimed.


"Mamata Banerjee's jealousy seems to have increased excessively," the Congress leader added.

Mamata Banerjee had claimed that she was not allowed to complete her speech in the NITI Aayog meeting earlier today. She said that the Centre had insulted her for not giving her enough time to talk.

Centre denied her claims that the microphone was muted during the 9th Governing Council Meeting of Niti Aayog and called it "misleading."