Union ministers skip Bengal investment summit

The Centre's relations with the state have soured since demonetisation

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday bore the brunt of taking on the Centre over demonetisation.

Unlike the second edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit, there were no central ministers who graced the occasion. Some of the who’s who from India Inc, too, gave it a miss this time, as did “friends” like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The flagbearers from Bengal’s business community, Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of the RPG Sanjiv Goenka group, and Harshvardhan Neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia group, were present. Among the business personalities from outside the state were Bharti Enterprises Vice-Chairman, Rakesh Bharti