Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a long list of demands, including waiver of loans and release of Central funds that were “so essential for a State’s development”.
The CM met the Prime Minister at Raj Bhavan, where he had put up for the Saturday night during his two-day visit of Bengal, reportedly raised the issue of reduction of Central funds in social sector. It was Modi’s first visit to Bengal since he became the PM.
The seven-page memorandum containing 15-point demand said asked the Centre to waive Rs2.75 lakh loan out of which Rs1.92 lakh had been left by the previous left Front Government.
Meanwhile the Opposition left parties and the Congress smelt a rat in the alleged “secret parley between the two sides” saying it was a “friendship of convenience.