Didn't receive any request for Mamata's Chicago visit: MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday denied reports that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wasn't given permission to attend an event by Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago. "We didn't receive any request for clearance regarding the visit," said ministry's spokesperson. Earlier, Mamata had said, "I couldn't go there because of an unholy conspiracy hatched by certain people."nn