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'Adventure tourism': TMC on central teams' visit to WB to assess Covid-19

West Bengal Chief Minister had shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Monday, underscoring the "unilateral" and "undesirable" action, keeping her government in the dark

Mamata Banerjee
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While one central team arrived in Kolkata, another reached Jalpaiguri district on Monday.

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday called the visit of two central government teams to West Bengal for an on-the-spot assessment of the coronavirus situation as "adventure tourism", and asked why such delegations were not sent to states with much higher numbers of infections and hotspots.

West Bengal Chief Minister, who is the party's chief, had written to the Prime Minister on Monday, underscoring the "unilateral" and "undesirable" action, keeping her government in the dark.

Addressing a digital press conference, TMC MPs Derek O'Brien and Sudip Bandyopadhyay claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was informed about the inter-ministerial central teams' visit

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