Key Points
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rejected the allegations by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that she was not allowed to speak at the Niti Aayog meeting on Saturday, saying that the Trinamool Congress Supremo chose to leave the meeting deliberately...
Speaking at the Business Today Conclave on Saturday, Sitharaman said that the West Bengal Chief Minister was allowed to speak for the whole time allotted to her and she did not ask for an extension of time..
The Finance Minister claimed that had Mamata Banerjee asked for more time, it would have been provided...
At that time, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was running the whole meeting, used to tap on his mic with a pencil or pen, just to say that your time is over...
The West Bengal Chief Minister spoke her time, and if she required to say anything more, even as Rajnath Singh ji tapped on the mic, she could have said, No, I have something more to say..
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