The fact-checking body of the Central government on Saturday refuted the claims made by the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee about muting her mic in the NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi and claimed it as “misleading.” A PIB fact check today quashed her allegations stating that only the clock showed that her speaking time was over.It is being claimed that the microphone of CM, West Bengal was switched off during the 9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog#PIBFactCheck▶️ This claim is #Misleading▶️ The clock only showed that her speaking time was over. Even the bell was not rung to mark it pic.twitter.com/P4N3oSOhBk— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 27, 2024It is being claimed that the microphone of CM, West Bengal was switched off during the 9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog. This claim is Misleading. The clock only showed that her speaking time was over. Even the bell was not rung to mark it, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a post on X.Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while speaking to ANI said that the allegations made by West Bengal Chief Minister are completely false. She claimed that every chief minister who was present in the meeting was given due time to speak.Every CM was given their due time to speak...Its unfortunate that the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has claimed that her mic was switched off which is not true...She should speak the truth behind this rather than again build a narrative based on falsehood, the Union Finance Minister said.The fact check body also disclosed that speaking at the meeting only goes alphabetically, in that case, her turn would have come after lunch only, but she was accommodated as the seventh minister to speak on request from the chief minister.My mic was muted: Mamata BanerjeeThe statement from the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came after the TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee walked out of the NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday claiming that her mic was muted. Banerjee while speaking to ANI also claimed that she was the only one to attend the meeting from the Opposition but still, she was not allowed to speak and called it an insult.Banerjee also lashed out at the Central government over the Budget, saying that the Centre does not support cooperative federalism.
