Wary of Muslim disapproval, Mamata doesn’t meet US envoy

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday declined to meet visiting US Ambassador Nancy J Powell in Kolkata, apparently to ensure that no “wrong signals” went out to Muslim voters ahead of elections. Enquiries by The Indian Express revealed that several powerful Muslim outfits in Bengal had asked Mamata not to meet the US ambassador at this time. Mukul Roy, all-India general secretary of the Trinamool Congress, said the CM had told him that the US envoy was not given an appointment. 

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