PM, Mamata Banerjee To Review Cyclone Yaas Impact In First Post-Poll Meet

Prime Minister Modi has already met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik; the two met in Bhubaneswar, after which PM Modi conducted aerial surveys of affected areas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Kalaikunda Air Base in Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday to review and assess damages caused by Cyclone Yaas, which tore through the state and neighbouring Odisha earlier this week. Reviewed the situation arising due to Cyclone Yaas. Discussed the preparedness, relief and rehabilitation efforts as well as other aspects. https://t.co/fkxtVZuGQw This will be their first meeting since the April-May Assembly election that Ms Banerjee's Trinamool swept - despite the opposition mounting a crass campaign fueled, in part, by the resignation of a large number of MPs, MLAs and ministers from the ruling party, several of whom joined the BJP. The last time they were face-to-face was on January 23 - at Kolkata's Victoria Memorial to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. On that evening Ms Banerjee erupted in anger and walked off stage in a huff after her speech was interrupted with chants of "Jai Shri Ram". Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will also attend today's meeting; Mr Dhankhar has a running feud with Ms Banerjee, including hitting out at her this month over "retributive" post-poll violence.