May 06, 2026 05:39 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Who after Mamata in Bengal? Amit Shah to meet BJP MLA-elects ahead of May 9 oath | Vijay’s TVK seeks Congress, Left support after falling short of majority in Tamil Nadu | Jolt to TMC! Supreme Court rejects plea challenging central staff deployment at Bengal counting centres | Bangladesh MP warns of refugee crisis if BJP wins West Bengal polls | Diplomatic row: Bangladesh summons Indian envoy over Himanta Biswa Sarma remarks | Supreme Court grants Pawan Khera anticipatory bail in case over allegations against Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife | ‘Not necessary to humiliate me with arrest’: Pawan Khera to SC over remarks on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife | ‘Let’s not choose for people capable of choosing’: Supreme Court to Centre on teen pregnancy termination | I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel gets bail after Bengal polls conclude | Exit Polls Give Bengal to BJP—But One Survey Begs to Differ

Bengal is ready for investment: Mamata tells business leaders in UK

| | Jul 30, 2015, at 03:10 am
London, July 29 (IBNS) Addressing business leaders in the UK, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said West Bengal is ready for accepting investments and the 'perception' of the state is changing.

"I'm not from a business background, I'm a street fighter. U know better, Bengal is ready for investment," TMC MP Derek O'Brien tweeted quoting Banerjee as saying in the Asia House here.

"Perception of Bengal has to change and is changing. That is why I am here in London to meet you," she said.

After meeting Banerjee, politician Lord Swraj Paul tweeted: "CM Mamata Banerjee - delightful, modest, erudite and wholehearted in her mission to advance W Bengal."

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.