Mamata Banerjee Hints At Expanding Trinamool; Varanasi, Mumbai Visits Soon
NDTV
Mamata Banerjee said that she is open to extending help to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav if he seeks her party's help ahead of the UP polls next year.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, indicated that expansion plans are underway for her party - Trinamool Congress, with trips to PM Modi's constituency Varanasi and Mumbai already planned.
Speaking to reporters after meeting PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee said that she raised the issue of the Border Security Force's territorial jurisdiction in West Bengal, demanding that it be withdrawn.
"Giving more powers to the BSF leads to a confrontation in law and order with the state police. We are not against the BSF. It is not right to disturb the federal structure without any reason," she said.
The chief minister also said that she has invited the prime minister to inaugurate the Global Business Summit which will be held in the state next year.
