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Opposition Meeting: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the opposition dinner on July 17 as she has to follow the post-surgery ‘protocol’ Will have to follow, but she will participate in the day-long meeting of opposition parties on 18 July. Sources in Banerjee’s party Trinamool Congress (TMC) gave this information on Saturday.
Banerjee has undergone microsurgery of her left knee at Government SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday (July 13). The TMC chief had injured his left knee during the emergency landing of a helicopter at the Sevoke airbase in north Bengal on June 27.
What did TMC say?
A source in TMC said, “His doctors have given him permission to travel and attend the opposition meeting, but advised him to take rest.” Has been. So she will not attend the dinner, but will attend the day-long meeting on July 18. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has hosted a dinner for opposition parties in Bengaluru on July 17.
Will it be a first?
Sources said TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien will accompany the West Bengal chief minister at the meeting and as her representatives at the dinner. likely to join.
As per her doctor’s advice, Banerjee will return to Kolkata soon after the conference. This will be the first time top leaders of TMC, Congress and Left parties will sit together after the violence-hit panchayat polls in West Bengal.
Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will attend the second meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru on July 18 (Monday). 24 opposition parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have been invited for the meeting.