WB CM Mamata bump into PM Modi's wife at Kolkata airport, gifts her sari before flying to meet him
Kolkata, Sep 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came face to face with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben at the Kolkata airport before flying to New Delhi on Tuesday. Both greeted each other. Mamata reportedly gifted Jashodaben a sari during the brief encounter.
PM Modi celebrated his 69th birthday at his hometown Gujarat. Jashodaben, who is a retired teacher, was leaving Kolkata after a visit to Dhanbad in neighbouring Jharkhand, a source close to the chief minister told the PTI. She reportedly also offered prayers at the Kalyaneswari temple at Asansol in West Bengal, which is around 68 km from Dhanbad.
According to the report, "It was a chance meeting and they exchanged greetings. The chief minister also gifted her a sari."
WB CM Mamata Banerjee to meet PM Modi today
Mamata
Banerjee
is
scheduled
to
meet
PM
Modi
on
Wednesday
in
New
Delhi.
She
is
expected
to
take
up
issues
like
funds
for
her
state,
the
name
change
of
the
state
and
etc.
On
Tuesday,
the
Chief
Minister
wished
PM
Modi
on
his
69th
birthday
in
a
tweet
in
Bengali.
The
TMC
supremo,
an
arch-critic
of
PM
Modi,
wrote
on
Twitter,
"Birthday
greetings
to
Prime
Minister
@narendramodi
ji."