Kolkata: For the first time since she took over as Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has embarked on a foreign tour. Ms Banerjee, often criticised for being industry-unfriendly, landed in Singapore last night in search of investors.
But the headline of her visit has been delivered even before she makes her pitch - her delegation is to include three men being tried for culpable homicide who had to take special court permission to travel abroad.
RS Goenka, Manish Goenka and Aditya Agarwal are scheduled to join Ms Banerjee today. They were directors on the board of the AMRI hospital in 2011 when a fire at the hospital killed 93 people. They are no longer associated with the hospital and are representing another business conglomerate on the Singapore excursion.
Saugata Roy from Ms Banerjee's party said that the state's film industry is looking for investment. He also defended the decision to include the ex-AMRI directors, stating "the law is taking its own course" in their case.
In 2008, while she was in the opposition, a farmers' agitation championed by Ms Banerjee defeated the plans of Tata Motor to manufacture the low-cost Nano car in the state. Last week, Ratan Tata irked the Bengal government by suggesting Bengal has yet to demonstrate any significant industrial development.
But the headline of her visit has been delivered even before she makes her pitch - her delegation is to include three men being tried for culpable homicide who had to take special court permission to travel abroad.
RS Goenka, Manish Goenka and Aditya Agarwal are scheduled to join Ms Banerjee today. They were directors on the board of the AMRI hospital in 2011 when a fire at the hospital killed 93 people. They are no longer associated with the hospital and are representing another business conglomerate on the Singapore excursion.
Saugata Roy from Ms Banerjee's party said that the state's film industry is looking for investment. He also defended the decision to include the ex-AMRI directors, stating "the law is taking its own course" in their case.
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In 2008, while she was in the opposition, a farmers' agitation championed by Ms Banerjee defeated the plans of Tata Motor to manufacture the low-cost Nano car in the state. Last week, Ratan Tata irked the Bengal government by suggesting Bengal has yet to demonstrate any significant industrial development.
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