Did the fear of handing more ammunition to new friends, the Left and the Congress, keep West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from attending the opening of the centenary celebrations of the Gaudiya Math and Mission that brought Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kolkata on Sunday? Apart from spending time at her Kalighat residence, Banerjee spent most of the three hours that the prime minister was in the city attending a local event, Bhasha Divas. Of course, she made time to go to the airport and meet Modi briefly before he left the city around 9.20pm.
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