She met the Trinamul Congress chairperson and chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the state Legislative Assembly on Thursday and submitted her resignation letter. The resignation has not yet been accepted, it’s learnt.
Firhad Hakim, mayor, ministers Aroop Biswas and Indranil Sen and Debashis Kumar, member, mayor-in-council parks and squares will be present at meeting
West Bengal minister of state for finance (independent charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya is all set to table the state budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the assembly on February 15.
International Matua Parishad, the global association of Matua community, has given an ultimatum and deadline to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to apologise for her recent mispronunciation of the names of the two spiritual leaders of the community.
Ms Banerjee also ensured families of the victims, who have lost their lives, after investigation guilty will be punished.
“Everyone has the right to protest. But do so from one place. Why are you blocking roads and putting people in trouble? Yesterday, people faced problems in reaching the hospital and airport. We have seen this culture for 30 years and got used to it. We won’t tolerate this culture anymore. Obstruction is a criminal offence. Let law take its own course,”
Among other upcoming projects include a cable landing station in Digha, footwear park on 62 acres in Bantala and over 200 industrial parks on 10,000 acres of land. Miss Banerjee announced that Rs 5,000 crore will be invested in the next three years and create 50,0000 jobs.
Four task forces involving industry, exports, infrastructure and tourism have been formed with representatives from the state government departments and industrialists.
"The severity of the problem of erosion along this river system in West Bengal can be appreciated from the fact that almost 2, 800 hectares of fertile land has been engulfed by the river and there have been damage to the public and private properties to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore during last 15 years, "
Banerjee went on to say, "The Governor returned the file. I am the Chief Minister and I have signed the file. He is saying to get it approved by the Cabinet and then send the file."
