State government sources said Banerjee may reach Delhi on July 24 or 25 and meet with leaders of the INDIA bloc at the Parliament Hall. She is also likely to pay a visit to Sonia Gandhi at her residence.

It is not clear yet if Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Niti Aayog meeting but sources said the Bengal CM will strongly raise with the Union Government the issue of pending Central dues for MGNREGA and PMAY schemes.

“The new Union Government does not have a huge majority like the previous one. So, we are expecting that our demands may be considered,” said a senior official of the state finance department.

On July 27, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to place the vision document of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’ roadmap at the Niti Aayog meeting. All chief ministers have been requested to be present on the occasion.

Notably, Banerjee used to attend the meetings of Niti Aayog initially but later deputed the finance minister to represent the state. If she does turn up at the Niti Aayog meeting, it would be after a long hiatus.