West Bengal chief secretary Malay Kumar De went to the reception, along with the business delegation from the state. "At the last minute, the CM decided to stayed back at her hotel. The business delegation from the state also left the venue soon. The CM also cancelled Wednesday's visits to the Scottish Centre for Tagore Studies and Edinburgh Castle A 56-member Scottish business delegation met the CM at an event on Thursday afternoon. Banerjee made the keynote address in which she invited business leaders to the Bengal Global Business Summit in January.On Thursday morning, Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra met Alasdair Allan, Scottish minister for international development, and discussed collaborations in renewable energy and sciences.

Source: Times of India November 16, 2017 21:45 UTC