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Meeting with PM was about developmental issues said WB CM Mamata Banerjee

| | May 25, 2017, at 11:00 pm
New Delhi, May 25 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday, according to media reports.

It was widely speculated that the upcoming Presidential election may be a part of the discussion.

However, Banerjee said that they discussed about various ongoing development projects in the state.

Speaking to the media, she said that at the meeting with the PM, political issues or the President's election were not discussed.

Later she discussed with the media about the BJP's rally in Kolkata on Thursday, which turned violent after the protesters were stopped by the police at several points.

The state BJP had undertaken a march to the city police headquarters (popularly known as Lalbazar) to protest against various issues, including demanding an immediate arrest of sacked controversial Imam of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Mosque- Maulana Barkati.

The rally turned violent after police lathi-charged to disperse the crowd, who retaliated with charging at the police personnel and setting fire to police vehicles.

Mamata Banerjee even showed the media personnel some picture of the violence that took place on Monday (during the Left party's march to the administrative headquarters Nabanna) and again on Thursday.

She blamed the Left parties and the BJP of spreading violence in the state just to prove who is ahead of whom in the race to power.

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