Focus should be on bringing Infosys to WB: Cong MLA Asit Mitra

KOLKATA: A Congress MLA today asked the West Bengal government to focus on attracting IT giant Infosys to the state instead of denouncing US President Donald Trump's immigration policies, which may affect Indian IT firms.

"If you are so concerned about the IT sector in the state then instead of protesting Trump's immigration policies, you should focus on how to attract Infosys to Bengal to begins its operations," Congress's Asit Mitra said in the Assembly.

Infosys had paid Rs 75 crore and bought 50 acres of land in Rajarhat area of West Bengal but did not develop its new Kolkata centre.


The IT firm wants special economic zone (SEZ) status for its Kolkata project but the TMC government is against it.

In August last year, the Centre had rejected a proposal of Infosys to set up an IT special economic zone (SEZ) at Rajarhat as there was no recommendation from the West Bengal government.

Infosys officials have said in the past that the project at Rajarhat had not reached the planning stage due to the lack of the SEZ status.