West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday – the primary proper meeting between the 2 leaders after Banerjee became the state’s chief minister for a 3rd consecutive time. the 2 leaders had met very briefly when PM Modi visited West Bengal to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas in May.
Calling it a “courtesy” meeting, Banerjee, who is additionally the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, told reporters that she raised the difficulty of the continued coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and also demanded more vaccines and medicines for West Bengal .
“During the meeting, I raised the difficulty of Covid and therefore the need for more vaccines & medicines within the state. I also raised the pending issue of the change of name of the state. On this issue, he said, “He will see,” she was quoted as saying by press agency ANI.
Her visit comes at a time when Parliament’s monsoon session is on during which the opposition parties are protesting on a variety of issues including the allegations of surveillance through Pegasus spyware, price rise, and repeal of three farm laws.
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The meeting is predicted to require place at 4:30pm at Gandhis residence at 10 Janpath, consistent with press agency ANI Mamata Banerjee to satisfy Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today
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Banerjee said that PM Modi should call an all-party meeting over the Pegasus hacking controversy, and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter. The chief minister’s request for a search comes exactly at some point after the West Bengal government ordered an inquiry into the snooping scandal, the primary state across India to try to to so.
Earlier within the day, Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma met the Trinamool Congress chief I appreciate her for a way she fought the recent polls and won. She has come to Delhi for the primary time after victory, so I came and had tea together with her ,” Sharma told mediapersons after the meeting.
Banerjee, who has been within the capital since Monday, is additionally expected to satisfy Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday along side other opposition leaders like Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.