The two had met Mamata when she was in Delhi on a four-day visit. The TMC chief said that she will meet eminent personalities at a programme, which is being organised by poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar and politician -columnist Sudheendra Kulkarni. “The economy, the country and life cannot come to a standstill out of fear of the pandemic.” The business summit will be organised by the Bengal government with Covid safety precautions to attract much-needed investments, she said. “Bengal is the destination for new industries and investments.” The TMC supremo, meanwhile, met Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray and Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut.īut, she was unable to visit Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who is recuperating from surgery.Įarlier, Mamata said she would invite industrialists to the Bengal Global Business Summit, which will be held in April next year, and urge them to invest in her state. “West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will pay a courtesy visit to our party president on Wednesday at 3.00 pm at his residence Silver Oak,” he said. NCP chief spokesperson Nawab Malik confirmed the meeting of the two leaders. On Wednesday, Mamata would be meeting Sharad Pawar who was his senior colleague in the Congress before he parted ways with the party.
Coming ahead of the polls in five states including the neighbouring state of Goa, her visit is being linked to the TMC’s growing ambitions of cementing an alliance of like-minded anti-BJP alliance for the 2024 general elections.