Mukul Roy, the former Union railway minister, said the positive thing that happened in West Bengal in the past four-and-a-half years was that there were no state-sponsored strike and almost no mandays lost.
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In the midst of his his government’s turf war with the Centre, Kejriwal had organised a Chief Ministers’ conclave here in September a year ago which the West Bengal Chief Minister had attended.
Ficci chairman Harsh Neotia, also the chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, felt that perception was the only problem with West Bengal, although the government has been pro-active and supportive of industrialisation.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday said there is no communal tension in the state.
Several big industrial houses once had their roots in West Bengal.
A turn of fate on these factors will be crucial for the economic health of the state as well as the political fortunes of the Mamata-led TMC.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks during Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata.
Speaking of the law-and-order situation, she said, “Bengal is a peaceful state where we all work together”. Projects worth Rs 94,000 crore investment have already taken off. Some of the projects we had signed have already started.
Bangladesh commerce minister Tofail Ahmed and British Minister of State for Employment Priti Patel are also scheduled to attend the summit.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata. Kejriwal would be present at the inauguration ceremony, according to official sources.
The event would include plenary sessions addressed by national and worldwide entrepreneurs, sectoral breakaway sessions and business to business (B2B) and government-to-Business (G2B) interactions along with expositions and exhibitions.
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Congratulating the Banerjee government for summit, he said the continuous organising of such summits add to the confidence of the investors.
