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Tuesday 13 September 2011

Financial crisis: CM seeks Prime Minister’s help

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Agartala, Sep 13, 2011 : Chief Minister Manik Sarkar requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to bail out the state from its financial crisis.

The Chief Minister in a letter to the PM sought special financial package of Rs. 13,600 crore from the union government, said Badal Chowdhury, finance minister on Monday.

“The Chief Minister in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh briefed him on the deprivation by 13th finance commission and sought his intervention to save the state’s economic condition” Chowdhury said.

“Sarkar is also likely to meet the Prime Minister soon”, he added.

The Prime Minister’s Office had not communicated on the matter yet.

The Chief Minister’s request came in the wake of recent the Union government’s special financial package to the Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal government.

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