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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Mamata Banerjee seeks audience with Narendra Modi

Mamata Banerjee seeks audience with Narendra Modi

Romita Datta

She said she wanted to speak to the PM to discuss the state's demands on various social sector schemes

A file photo of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Photo: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she wanted an audience with prime minister Narendra Modi during his two-day visit to the state this weekend.

Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress party fiercely opposes Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), both in the state and at the Centre. Lately, though, she has shown signs of softening her stand.

Mamata said she wanted to speak to the prime minister to discuss the state’s demands on various social sector schemes. It isn’t immediately known whether the Centre will oblige her with an appointment to meet Modi.

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