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Chief ministers of various non-BJP ruled states who attended the meeting on Sunday asked the Union government not to "force" its policies but to boost cooperative federalism. Some
of the issues that were raised by the Opposition CMs included Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops, support to states in dealing with natural disasters, crop insurance and Kisan credit
cards, irrigation facilities, revision of royalty rates for minerals, and the National Education Policy. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee emphasised that the Union government
should look into the demands of the state governments "more seriously," news agency PTI reported, quoting sources. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel sought a five-year extension for
the compensation paid to the states for revenue shortfall due to Goods and Services Tax implementation and called for revising the rates of royalty for coal and other major minerals from the
state.
