West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not be a part of Cyclone Yaas review meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kalaikunda in West Midnapore on Friday.
State Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, State Irrigation Minister Soumen Mahapatra and senior administrative officials will also be part of the meeting.
Speaking to media persons at Sagar Island in South 24-Parganas district, Mamata Banerjee, said, “I will not be a part of the review meeting called by PM Modi. It will take 45 minutes for me to reach Kalaikunda. I have prepared a preliminary report on the estimated loss due to Cyclone in Bengal. I will just hand over the report to PM Modi.”
Responding to the chief minister’s decision, Dhankhar highlighted the importance of the meeting and said it would “serve the interest of the state and people”. “It would have served interests of state and its people for CM and officials @MamataOfficial to attend Review Meet by PM. Confrontational stance ill serves interests of State or democracy. Non participation by CM and officials not in sync with constitutionalism or rule of law,” he tweeted.