Besides IAS and IPS officers, the BJP leader pointed out that former state finance minister Amit Mitra was retained as Principal Chief Economic Adviser (with the rank of a Cabinet minister) to the CM.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had sent an invitation to Banerjee last month to participate in the meeting, sources in the government said. Shah is scheduled to meet home ministers of all states during the meeting and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address them on a concluding day on October 28.
The two-day 'Chintan Shivir' of home ministers - chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah - will not see representation from the chief ministers of two opposition-ruled states who hold the Home portfolio, NDTV has learnt.
Amit Shah, sent an invitation to the Bengal chief minister last month to participate in meet, is scheduled to meet home ministers of all states during the same