On the day West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the release of funds pending to the State, Leader of the Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday visited the State Secretariat and met the State’s Chief Secretary “to expose the Chief Minister’s claims that the Centre is depriving the State” of funds.
Around the time Ms. Banerjee, along with a delegation of party MPs, met the Prime Minister, Mr. Adhikari and three BJP MLAs – Chandana Bauri, Bishal Lama and Shankar Ghosh – arrived at the Nabanna Buildings from the State Assembly. Later the MLAs met Chief Secretary H.K. Dwivedi and aired their grievances.