Taken ill, Capt to skip NITI meet

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 14

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will not be attending the NITI Aayog meeting in the capital on Saturday. He also skipped a dinner hosted by his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Kamal Nath in New Delhi on Friday.

Capt Amarinder is learnt to have taken ill although he was scheduled to attend the Aayog meeting.

The Chief Minister has reportedly designated Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal to represent the state.

Meanwhile, Amarinder Singh was the only CM of Congress-ruled states who was absent from the dinner hosted by Kamal Nath.

Rajasthan CMAshok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy attended the dinner. The Congress leaders discussed the situation arising out of the LS poll debacle and party president Rahul Gandhi’s offer to resign.

Writes to Meghalaya CM on sikhs’ safety

• Amid the ongoing issue of Punjabi settlers in Shillong, CM Capt Amarinder Singh has written to his Meghalaya counterpart to protect Punjabis there
• Capt in a letter to Sangma Conrad said he must ensure proper protection of Punjabi settlers there
• He is also sending a state government delegation to meet the Meghalaya CM and the Punjabi families there

Cong CMs want Rahul to stay as party Chief 

• Barring Capt Amarinder Singh, other CMs of the Congress-ruled states who met at Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s residence in Delhi are learnt to have resolved to urge Rahul Gandhi to continue as party chief 
• Rahul has not been holding any official meetings these days nor did he sign the letter appointing Balasaheb Thorat the CLP leader in Maharashtra on Friday. The letter was approved by AICC