Dhaka: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today amended her itinerary to delay her return from Dhaka by a few more hours after Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested her to stay for the state banquet.
Officials said the Bangladeshi premier asked Ms Banerjee, who reached Dhaka last night and was supposed to return by afternoon, to attend the state dinner hosted by PM Hasina in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The fiery Trinamool Congress leader had caused embarrassment to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2011 when she objected to planned Teesta river water sharing deal and dropped out of the primeministerial delegation.
In a show of bonhomie, Ms Banerjee travelled to the venue of the exchange of instruments of ratification regarding the historic Land Boundary Agreement in PM Modi's limousine.
PM Modi also mentioned Ms Banerjee in his remarks at the joint press briefing with PM Hasina, saying: "We are privileged to have with us the Chief Minister of West Bengal."
"I am confident that with the support of state governments in India, we can reach a fair solution on Teesta and Feni Rivers," he said.
Officials said the Bangladeshi premier asked Ms Banerjee, who reached Dhaka last night and was supposed to return by afternoon, to attend the state dinner hosted by PM Hasina in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The fiery Trinamool Congress leader had caused embarrassment to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2011 when she objected to planned Teesta river water sharing deal and dropped out of the primeministerial delegation.
In a show of bonhomie, Ms Banerjee travelled to the venue of the exchange of instruments of ratification regarding the historic Land Boundary Agreement in PM Modi's limousine.
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PM Modi also mentioned Ms Banerjee in his remarks at the joint press briefing with PM Hasina, saying: "We are privileged to have with us the Chief Minister of West Bengal."
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"I am confident that with the support of state governments in India, we can reach a fair solution on Teesta and Feni Rivers," he said.
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