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Mamata's business meet: Songs, politics overshadow economics

Haldia (West Bengal), Jan 16: The big names from the corporate world gave it a miss, there were no fresh concrete business proposals, and the chief minister spent the major part of her speech attacking

All these left a section of the 210 participants unhappy.

"We are not concerned with what happened in the past. Of course, it is her right to harp on that. But more than the past, had she given out more details of her industrial policy, we would have been more enlightened," said Sandipan Chakravortty, managing director, Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited.

At the same time, there were a number of industrialists who praised the state at the summit.

"I am running my unit in Haldia for two years.I am not facing any problems," said Dhunseri Petrochem's Dhanuka.

"I have spoken to leading industrialists like Anil Ambani. They want to set up industries here," claimed Universal Success Group chief Prasun Mukherjee. But the government did not claim any such successes.