West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Monday for a five-day visit, during which she is likely to meet Opposition ...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Monday for a five-day visit, during which she is likely to meet Opposition leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to The Hindu.
Banerjee will first meet Congress leader Kamal Nath at 2 pm, according to NDTV. At 3 pm, she is scheduled to meet Nath’s colleague Anand Sharma. Banerjee’s meeting with Modi will be at 4 pm. At 6.30 pm, she will meet Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi. The West Bengal chief minister will also reportedly meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and President Ram Nath Kovind during her visit.
This will be the first meeting between Banerjee and Modi after the West Bengal elections in May, which the Trinamool Congress had swept. The West Bengal chief minister has heavily criticised Modi over a range of matters, including the shortages of Covid-19 vaccine doses and, most recently, the Pegasus controversy.
Banerjee had also criticised the Centre for initiating disciplinary action against former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay. The bureaucrat had been summoned by the Centre to Delhi on May 28, in response to accusations that Banerjee had kept Modi waiting while at a meeting on the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas and had then left without his permission.
West Bengal refused to comply with the Modi government’s summons. Instead,...
