Surajkund. Most of the non-BJP Chief Ministers holding the charge of the Home Department in their states did not participate in the meditation camp organized by the Center here on Thursday.
The non-BJP Chief Ministers handling the Home Department are Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Naveen Patnaik (Odisha) and MK Stalin (MK Stalin). Tamil Nadu). The conference, chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, was attended by only two non-BJP chief ministers – Bhagwant Mann of Punjab and Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala. The rest of the non-BJP states were represented by either a cabinet minister or a minister of state in charge of the home department.
Besides Mann and Vijayan, Chief Ministers Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Hemant Biswa Sharma (Assam), N Biren Singh (Manipur), Pramod Sawant (Goa) participated in the two-day conference that began on Thursday. Manik Saha (Tripura), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand) and Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim).
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit also attended the meeting. Purohit is also the administrator of Chandigarh. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton also attended the meeting. According to officials, several issues related to internal security including checking cyber crimes, ensuring women safety and coastal security will be discussed during the Chintan Shivir. (Language)
