Fried rice, chicken, fish fry: Mamata's recipe for bill nod

December 13, 2011 16:40

The Trinamul Party's answer on how to get bills passed quickly in the Assembly -- free food.

From the Telegraph, Calcutta: The Trinamul Congress has served up a new recipe to get all its MLAs to attend the winter session of the House -- free food.

The party will spend Rs 75,000 per day on average to arrange for food for all its 185 MLAs, their security guards and guests during the 10-day session that started today.

The reason for the gastronomic largesse, Trinamul sources said, is that several important bills will be tabled in the session and the party needs enough MLAs to be present in the House to push them through. More

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