The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over cyclone Yaas snowballed into a bigger political controversy as all BJP ministers, party chief ministers slammed Mamata for making PM Modi wait and then leaving the meeting just giving him a report. Mamata said she took PM Modi's permission before leaving the meeting which was attended by Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Debasree Chaudhuri, governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of the opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari. Thoda aap bhi wait kar lijiye kabhi kabhi...," she wrote. Union minister Prakash Javadekar said it was a black day in India's rich democratic heritage. For once she could’ve put petty politics aside, the spirit of cooperative federalism is the need of the hour," Union minister Smriti Irani said.

Source: Hindustan Times May 29, 2021 05:15 UTC