CM Banerjee seeks appointment with PM Modi next week

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought time to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi next week to discuss pending central dues to the West Bengal government under various centrally-sponsored projects.

A communication has already been forwarded from the Chief Minister’s



Office (CMO) to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) seeking an appointment on this count next week, an insider from the state secretariat said.

He added that in the communication from the CMO, June 10 has been mentioned as the preferred date for the appointment with the Prime Minister.