Operation Sindoor Sets the Stage: PM Modi to Lead High-Stakes Chief Ministers’ Meet Amid Rising Political Currents

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a crucial Niti Aayog Governing Council meet on May 24, the first high-level conclave of all state and Union Territory chief ministers after last month's high-impact Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam attack. The political timing of the meeting is electrified as national attention is focused on Centre-state dynamics and the government's decisive action on cross-border terror.

 

One of the important agendas will be creating a "collaborative blueprint" with states to leverage India's demographic dividend, boost employment and entrepreneurship, and develop an outcome-based roadmap for 'Viksit Rajya' as per the Viksit Bharat@2047 vision. The talks will also be centered on indigenous development models, manufacturing and services growth in tier 2 and 3 cities, and the opportunities in the green and circular economies.

 

Presence. at the summit will be scrutinized closely. particularly. following some opposition chief ministers' absence from the event in the earlier years, a reflection of the persisting political cleavages. Chief ministers' coming together in the wake of Operation Sindoor underscores the seriousness and at stake in Centre-state cooperation in a rapidly changing security and political environment.

 

Source: Economic Times, Hindustan Times