Tripura CM to skip NEC meeting for other commitments

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar would not join the meeting of North-East Council (NEC) scheduled for tomorrow in Shillong, top CPI(M) sources confirmed here today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Governors and Chief Ministers of eight North-eastern states were supposed to be present in the meeting.
Tomorrow's NEC meeting assumed significance keeping in mind the Prime Minister's presence who is expected to brief the states of the region about the Act East Policy, one of the newly launched programme of the NDA government.
"The Chief Minister, who is also a Politburo member of CPI (M), will attend the party's state committee meeting beginning on the same day. That's why he decided to skip the NEC meeting", said a senior party leader.

After attending the party meeting, the Chief Minister will leave for Delhi to attend crucial CPI (M) Politburo meeting scheduled for May 28.
However, Governor Tathagata Roy, Industries and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty and Chief Secretary Yaspal Singh would represent the state in the NEC meeting.