Buddhadeb assures Metro’s men

KOLKATA: Even as a Tata pullout from Singur looms large, West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is making a last-ditch bid to prevent Germany���s Metro Cash & Carry from checking out of the state.

After a meeting with Metro AG���s global management team on Wednesday, CM is learnt to have given assurances that his government would consider issuing a fresh APMC licence to Metro Cash & Carry for its wholesale venture in West Bengal.

Metro team, comprising Metro Cash & Carry India MD Martin Dlouhy and Metro Group V-P Henry Birr, met CM at Writers��� Buildings.

A government official told ET that CM had informed the Metro team that the Sunday meeting between CPM and Forward Bloc would discuss the possibilities.