Mamata tables populist budget: Will BJP realise its Sonar Bangla dreams?
Mamata tables populist budget: Will BJP realise its Sonar Bangla dreams?
As a counter to the announcements PM Narendra Modi is expected to make in Bengal on Sunday, CM Mamata Banerjee declared massive welfare packages in her budget speech.
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File photo of West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee (Photo Credits: PTI)
With state elections in West Bengal just around the corner, CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday became the first woman to present the state s annual budget in the state Assembly. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to visit Haldia Port on February 7 to attend a government programme to inaugurate a number of projects, including the ones aimed at providing every home in Bengal with LPG cooking gas/