Names seem to have become a new challenge for West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee, who claims to have resolved problems in Singur, Darjeeling and Jangalmahal. In a press meet following an hour-long all-party meeting on renaming the state headed by the leader of opposition in the state Suryakanta Mishra, Banerjee made three attempts to mention Mishra’s name correctly. After Banerjee called former state health minister “Surya nath” and “Surya Narayan”, someone attempted to correct the chief minister and she finally managed “Surya Mishra.” Not by design, surely.
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