KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday arrange a gaggle of ministers and a activity pressure of senior officers to make sure that governance was not impacted resulting from her week-long go to to the UK starting March 21.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press convention in Kolkata on Thursday (ANI)
Abhishek Banerjee, nationwide common secretary of the Trinamool Congress together with Subrata Bakshi, president of the Bengal TMC unit and different senior leaders will handle the celebration, she stated.
“The group of ministers will coordinate with us if any policy decision needs to be taken or any problem arises without taking any decision themselves. The team will comprise Chandrima Bhattacharya, Firhad Hakim, Aroop Biswas, Sujit Bose and Shashi Panja. There will be a time difference of 5.5 hours. So, I hope they will not disturb us unnecessarily and call when there is an emergency,” she stated.
“As far as the party affairs are concerned, Subrata Bakshi and Abhishek Banerjee are there along with other leaders to look after it,” stated
The chief minister stated she was additionally organising a activity pressure of officers who shall be in contact along with her. “They will meet regularly, coordinate with various departments and monitor the situations that arise from natural calamities to law and order. The chief secretary has already held a meeting with all the district magistrates and superintendents of police,” she stated.
The duty pressure will comprise Nandini Chakravorty, state dwelling secretary, Prabhat Kumar Mishra, state finance secretary, Vivek Kumar, state land and land reforms secretary, Rajeev Kumar, director common of police and Manoj Kumar Verma, Kolkata police commissioner.
Other than a enterprise summit and different official engagements, Banerjee can also be scheduled to talk at College of Oxford’s Kellogg Faculty throughout her journey.
Banerjee stated that she has obtained invites from a number of nations together with Poland, Australia and Canada and would take into account travelling to Japan in 2027, a comment that was aimed toward signalling her confidence that the TMC would win the 2026 state elections
The TMC supremo, nonetheless, didn’t identify any political celebration. “Even we have people there. We can play the same game and play the same card during visit of your leaders. But we never try to do it,” she stated.
Samik Bhattacharya, BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP, sought to take a swipe on the authorities. “The people of West Bengal have no interest in the chief minister’s trip. Hence being the main opposition party, the BJP too has no interest in addressing this. Usually, it is seen that a senior cabinet minister is entrusted with the responsibility when a chief minister is absent. But here we are seeing some bureaucrats have been asked to run the show,” stated Bhattacharya.