Mamata urges BMW to come to Bengal

KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee,

Bengal

chief minister is in

Munich

to rope in investors for Bengal. She said that she came to

Vatican

and from there she came to Munich for investments. She requested

BMW

to come to Bengal,

Mamata

said. Perhaps Bengal CM wants BMW to set up an auto hub at Bengal. The Supreme Court recently asked the Singur plot to be handed over to the land owners, declaring the land acquisition as illegal. She also is open Tatas for investment.

She said that state government will be providing land from land bank. "In transport sector there is much option," she said. Earlier she had been to UK and

Singapore

in search of investment in Bengal. Mamata criticised the Left Front government for the man days lost in the tenure of LF regime in the name of bandhs. "If you think about investment in India, then think about Bengal from industrial point of view and growth point of view." She said that Bengal is the gateway of Bangladesh, Thailand and Myanmar. Even China is close, so invest in Bengal, she urged at the investors meeting.

"In education and health sectors Bengal is the leader as there is talent pool. People from Bengal are even working at Nasa." "Bengal has no dearth of power." She said that there are coal blocks in Bengal. "There are huge pool of engineers in Bengal. Our agriculture sector is also doing well." Bengal has good road and air connection and port link too, Mamata said. She urged the businessmen of Munich to attend Bengal

Global Business

Summit meet in January 2017.

"We have our industrial policy and P-P-P policy. We have start up policy too. We need industry." She request BMW to come to Bengal, Mamata said. She said that state government will be providing land from land bank. "In transport sector there is much option," she said. Manufacturing and engineering sectors are our need, Mamata said. "I am just like your sister, so accept my request and come to Bengal."