West Bengal Chief Minister to visit London in July

Tuesday 26th May 2015 13:52 EDT
 
 

West Bengal Chief Minister Smt Mamata Banerjee may visit London on 26 July for four days with a delegation to seek investment in West Bengal, a source has revealed. This will be the Minister's first visit to London, and second international trip. Her earlier trip to Singapore included a business delegation of 40 CEOs.

Over three dozen CEOs of national and local renown are expected to accompany Ms Banerjee. Some of the eminent business honchos who have been tapped to accompany Banerjee may include Sanjeev Goenka, Harsh Neotia, Jyotsna Suri, Y C Deveshwar, Adi Godrej, Y K Modi and Sumit Majumdar among others. Ms Banerjee is also trying to have an appointment withPrime Minister David Cameron, who is the only head of state to have visited Kolkata since Banerjee took over.

Dr Krishna Gupta, managing director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) was due to be in London from May 22-26 to do the ground work before the chief minister’s visit.


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