The meeting – the second one between officials of the Centre and the Bengal government this month – was chaired by Rural Development Secretary Shailesh Kumar Singh. The first meeting was held on January 23.
The Central team will be led by Rural Development Secretary Shailesh Kumar Singh and the West Bengal government will be represented by the state’s Finance Secretary Manoj Pant, it is learnt.
Speaking at a public distribution programme in Malda, the chief minister urged party workers and those affected by the non-payment of funds to participate in the dharna, which would be staged at the BR Ambedkar statue in Red Road area in the eastern metropolis
TMC sources said Mamata Banerjee’s decision to seek an appointment with Modi owed to Union rural development and panchayati raj minister Giriraj Singh’s suggestion that she meet the Prime Minister over the frozen funds