Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday night left for United States from New Delhi on an official visit to woo potential investors to put money in mineral rich Chhattisgarh.
Singh who is heading the BJP Government since late 2003, is accompanied by top officials in the State Government that include Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and Principal Secretary Aman Singh.
Singh will visit New York, San Francisco and Chicago and he would hold a series of meetings with investors, NRIs and IT professionals to brief them about the vast opportunities lie in Chhattisgarh mainly in information technology and food processing sectors.
Several senior state-level BJP leaders and a few ministers accorded him warm send off at Raipur airport on Saturday when he boarded the Delhi-bound flight in morning. Singh left for US from New Delhi at 9.25 pm. Officials said that he would return back from US trip on December 5.