Mamata Banerjee who along with a few other chief ministers had forced the Centre to convene a special meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), will skip Monday's crucial meet. West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra will instead attend the meeting.

Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Odisha Mamata Banerjee, J Jayalalitha and Naveen Patnaik, along with a few others, had forced the Central government to convene a special meeting of CMs on May 5 to discuss the NCTC by saying the April 16 conclave would not have enough time and opportunity to discuss the controversial issue and hence a separate session was required for it.