Bengal Governor, Mitra trade barbs
The Hindu
Dhankhar had sought a White Paper on the Bengal Global Business Summit
The West Bengal Government and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar are once again sparring over the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), the annual event to attract investment to the industry-starved State.
On Wednesday, a day after assuming the new responsibility of Principal Chief Adviser to the Chief Minister and Adviser to the Department of Finance, Amit Mitra defended the West Bengal government against a charge by the Governor that the ground reality of BGBS belied “resounding success” syndrome.
“On November 9, he strongly supported CM’s plan of next Summit and within 24 hours he tweets venom on summits, by putting out a year-old letter to CM & FM, (me)! It is shocking that he seeks response when I had officially responded with a 4-page letter on Summits, giving data on investment offers under implementation, employment generation etc.” Mr. Mitra said in a series of tweets.
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