Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi, asks for all-party meet on Pegasus row

After her much-anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters that it was a courtesy visit. Didi added this was the third time she had sought time from the prime minister after her party won the West Bengal Assembly election in May.

The West Bengal chief minister also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should call an all-party meeting to discuss the Pegasus spyware snooping controversy. Mamata Banerjee said she has urged PM Modi to supply covid vaccines to West Bengal before the onset of the third wave.

"We need more vaccines and medicines. West Bengal has got fewer vaccine doses in comparison to other states. The vaccination programme, however, has been good in Bengal," she said.