People of M’laya want change: Mamata

KOLKATA, Jan 17: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that the people of poll-bound Meghalaya want a change in the government.
Banerjee, who is scheduled to visit the state on Wednesday, said there should be a peaceful resolution of the Assam-Meghalaya border dispute.
“People of Meghalaya want a change (in government). There have been issues between Assam and Meghalaya. There should be a peaceful resolution to the border dispute between the two states,” Banerjee told reporters at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here before leaving for Alipurduar district in northern West Bengal.
The TMC supremo, who will be accompanied by the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien, is scheduled to hold a public meeting in Mendipathar in North Garo Hills District.
During her visit to the state in December last year, Banerjee had addressed a TMC workers’ convention in the capital city and had also launched TMC’s unique financial assistance scheme for women — WE Card — which has garnered over 3.14 lakh registrations so far. (PTI)