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Kolkata, Aug 11 The Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government has sought six months’ time from nine banks to repay the principal amount of a loan taken during the Left front rule over a decade ago for supplying iron ore to a China-based company.
“We will only be able to repay the principal amount taken from banks by the then Left front government in 2004-05 for supplying iron ore to China. We will pay it within six months,” West Bengal Food Supplies Department minister Jyotipriyo Mallick today said.
“We will soon hold a meeting with the banks and tell them of our inability to pay them the interest amount,” he added.
The West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation Ltd (WBECSC), which i…
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