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Mamata Banerjee in Bhutan: Facebook post by Didi on Day 2

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On the evening of 6th of October, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a post on Facebook summarizing her meeting with His Highness, King of Bhutan. In her post, she stated that she was honoured to “to have an audience with His Majesty, the King of Bhutan and Her Majesty in Lingkhana Palace”.  She also added that she was overwhelmed at the warmth and courtesies extended by the King and the Royal Family.
Here is the post made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook:

It was an honour for me to have an audience with His Majesty, the King of Bhutan and Her Majesty in Lingkhana Palace today.

The warmth and courtesies extended by the King and the Royal Family was indeed overwhelming.

I took the opportunity to place before His Highness how our state and our country valued the warm and cordial relationship with Bhutan.

I submitted to His Highness our proposals on setting up of business, economic,cultural, and Tourism corridors with Bhutan that will greatly enhance economic activity in the region.

It was an amazing experience to visit the great country of Bhutan and we expressed our deep gratitude to His Highness and his Royal Government.

King of Bhutan confident Mamata Banerjee will win 2016 polls because of good work

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Agnivo Niyogi | Thimphu

Expressing his confidence that Mamata Banerjee will come back to power in 2016 for a second term, the King of Bhutan expressed his desire to visit Kolkata next year to congratulate Mamata Banerjee.

Praising the Chief Minister for the good work and developmental initiatives in the last five years, the King also thanked Mamata Banerjee for visiting Bhutan on his request.

The Chief Minister, currently on a four-day trip to Bhutan, today had an audience with HE The King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. She also said that the King wanted a signed copy of a book penned by the CM.

Clearly, Didi has been winning hearts in Bhutan.

Bengal and Bhutan to be ‘Business Partners’

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Agnivo Niyogi | Thimphu

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today said that Bengal and Bhutan will become ‘business partners’ after a meeting His Excellency The King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

She said that in a meeting with the PM earlier she said consented to Bengal being used as a corridor for Bhutan to export potatoes and dolomite.

The issue of flooding in north Bengal was taken up in her meeting with the King; His Majesty assured the Bengal CM that a committee will be set up to investigate whether flooding of north Bengal is because of natural or technical reasons.

The Chief Minister said that a series of discussions happened across various sectors from agro-marketing to tourism and transport. She said the King was extremely happy to have learned that Bengal Govt has started an LTC scheme for employees wherein a trip to Bhutan would be included.

Earlier in the day the transport secretary, in the presence of CM, had said that Bhutan Airlines was keen on strengthening air-ties with Bengal and was interested in making Andal a pit stop for flights to Bangkok.

The secretaries of various departments, business delegates from India and Bhutan attended the India-Bhutan Business Conclave for the second day today.