West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday left for a 12-day tour of Spain and the United Arab Emirates to seek investments for the state.
Banerjee’s flight to Dubai, which was scheduled around 8.30 am, was delayed by at least three hours due to some technical glitches. She and her team finally flew from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport after a delay of around three hours.
An airport official said that the flight, by which Banerjee and her team left for Dubai, had arrived late at Kolkata from the West Asian city.
Banerjee is scheduled to spend the night in Dubai due to the unavailability of connecting flights, before flying to Spain’s capital Madrid the next day. Due to the delay, the CM visited some outlets at the airport, including the state government’s Biswa Bangla store. Speaking to reporters at the airport, Banerjee said, “It’s been five years since we went abroad. Spain was the theme country of this year’s International Kolkata Book Fair. They are good in manufacturing and other industries. We will be participating in business conferences there.” “They (foreign delegates) come here again and again. But we don’t go. That’s why we are going now. A business conference is also scheduled in Dubai. I will keep you people informed from time to time,” she said.
