"I am yet to know details of the outcome of the routine meeting. Everytime you raise this issue, but we return empty-handed. If am satisfied, I speak to you, otherwise not," Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat in reply to a question.
Mitra held an over two hour meeting with Mukherjee in Delhi during the day to seek a special package for the state, but the talks remained inconclusive.
The chief minister has been demanding a three-year moratorium to help the state government tide over the debt of about Rs two lakh crore while its current annual outgo towards interest payment is around Rs 22,000 crore.
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