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PM Modi congratulates Mamata Banerjee on taking oath as West Bengal CM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday congratulated TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee on taking oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal on Twitter. Congratulations to Mamata Didi on taking oath as West Bengalâs Chief Minister, he tweeted.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term. She was administered the oath by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
TMC secured 213 seats in the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly elections while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 77 seats. I thank all the people who were looking at the Bengal elections. Our first priority is tackling COVID-19. Secondly, I urge all political parties to look around so that violence to be controlled. From today onwards, I am taking law and order into my hands. I will post the police accordingly to tackle the situation, she said after taking the oath.
Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 21:07 IST
These eight projects, with a cumulative cost of about Rs 44,545 crore, pertained to 12 states West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Mizoram, Gujarat, MP and Bihar PM Modi reviews projects worth Rs 44,545 crore in ‘Pragati’ meet | Photo Credit: ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday reviewed projects worth Rs 44,545 crore in 12 states as he chaired the 36th Pragati meeting.
During the meeting, he also reviewed the programme for the elimination of single-use plastic, a Prime Minister s Office statement said.
In the meeting, 10 agenda items were taken up for review including eight projects, grievance relating to one scheme and one programme, it said.