How real are the London dreams of Mamata Banerjee?

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had been to London to win friends and influence people, read industrialists, to invest in her state. She had taken with her a large troupe of 40 industrialists and nearly 20 media personnel plus ten musicians and an actor-cum-MP. Her fond wish of making Kolkata into London was uppermost in her mind.
This was reported in dnaindia.com dated 25 July 2015.

Her visit was supposed to be of six days but, the sudden floods in West Bengal apparently forced her to abandon her mission early and return home to take control of flood relief operations for the flood affected people.
Her visit was seen as an opportunity to tempt industrialists to invest in the state and, she did have a meeting of sorts with Swraj Paul but, noting further has been reported in the media on the achievements of the team that had gone to London.
On the eve of her departure for London, it was given to understand that dozens of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) are expected to be signed between the British departments and the West Bengal government in the fields of health, urban planning, and transportation, exploration of natural resources, education and trade.
It would be interesting to know what actually happened. Usually, on return from such visits, there are press conferences to let the people know about what transpired. But – here it is only silence. Is it to be assumed that the London mission was a flop show and that Kolkata will continue to remain as Kolkata?
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