As many as eight chief ministers including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Nitish Kumar of Bihar, Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah skipped the meeting citing various reasons
