Banerjee to leave for Rome tomorrow

Kolkata, Sep 1 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee will leave tomorrow for a week-long visit to Germanyand Rome to attend Mother Teresa’s canonisation ceremony andmeet potential investors. The Trinamool Congress supremo has already clarified thatshe is not part of the central government’s officialdelegation to the Vatican City for the ceremony on Sunday butis going as a guest of Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charitywhich was founded by Mother Teresa. Banerjee said there is a lot of business potential inItaly, specially in the jewellery sector, while Munich has alot to offer in the manufacturing sector. She will be accompanied by businessmen, top governmentofficials and ministers, including Finance and IndustryMinister Amit Mitra, to the business meetings. Two apex chambers of commerce and industry from Germanyhave invited Banerjee to visit with a business delegation. Rome’s first woman mayor Virginia Raggi has invitedBanerjee to a special reception during her visit to VaticanCity. She is scheduled to return to Kolkata on September 10. "In my absence the ministers and officials will take thecall if there is any emergency," Banerjee said. PTI NIK KKAAR