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Mamata Banerjee to hold meeting with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

| | Apr 09, 2017, at 12:43 am
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Rashtrapati Bhavan where the discussions on Teesta river treaty might take place, on Saturday, media reports.

Mamata was earlier seen to attain a tough stand against signing the Teesta River Treaty with Bangladesh government since the time she became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in 2011.

Recently in an interview to a news channel, Mamata said that though she loves people of Bangladesh, she would also look into the well being of her state, reflecting her disapproval in signing the treaty.

Earlier in the day, WB CM was seen to be present with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and his counterpart to inaugurate the maiden Kolkata-Khulna-Dhaka bus service.

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