Can industrialists in Bengal say NO to Mamata -- twice?

October 22, 2014 11:12

This can only happen in West Bengal thanks to it's chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Just when some Calcutta industrialists thought they had escaped a delicate boat ride with the chief minister by booking themselves on flights out of town, the tide has turned.

They have now been presented with the option of not one but two boat trips with Mamata Banerjee.

One on October 30-31 till Gangasagar and the other on December 8-9 till Jharkhali, an island on the southeast fringes of the Sunderbans.

It is one thing to express regrets once -- that too when the invitation is to attend an event with a chief minister -- but few are expected to marshal the courage to do so twice. Read more

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