Medical student receives financial support from state

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government has extended all support to a medical student to carry on with his studies.

Soujanya Chakraborty on Tuesday went to Nabanna, along with his father Niranjan Chakraborty. They went to the Chief Minister's Office. Soujanya received a cheque of Rs 50,000 from the state government to carry on with his studies without

facing any trouble.

He also received assurances of all the support required for continuing his studies.

It may be recalled that Chief Minister Mamata banerjee had mentioned about Soujanya while addressing the Martyrs' Day's rally.

She said that she has come to know about him from an article in a Bengali daily and subsequently had a talk with him over telephone.

She assured all help to Soujanya. It may be mentioned that the Mamata Banerjee government has taken several steps in the past seven years to ensure that children in the state can continue with their higher studies.

She introduced the project 'Kanyashree' to extend support to girl students to continue with their higher studies.