kolkata they may cross swords over political vendetta but mamata banerjee is eager to share stage with arun jaitley and nitin gadkari when it comes to bengals development the bengal government has taken the initiative to invite the union finance minister and the union road transport minister to the twoday bengal global business summit beginning january 7 the summit is mamatas brainchild conceived to rejuvenate the industrial scenario in bengal according to sources jaitley is expected to address the inaugural session along with mamata the summit will include sectoral breakaway sessions with leading industrialists as participants the state government has also arranged for businesstobusiness and governmenttobusiness interactions sources say over 500 business delegates will attend the summit there will be big names from the indian industry and from the us uk china japan and luxembourg it is learnt that tata group chairman cyrus mistry reliance industries chairman mukesh ambani and adag chairman anil ambani are among the invitees said a source mukesh ambani had attended the bengal governments industry roadshow in mumbai in 2014 the industry department has opened a website and a facebook page for the summit several ministers of the narendra modi cabinet have called on the bengal chief minister even the spat over the saradha scam and black money in the lok sabha did not come in the way of union urban development minister venkaiah naidus exchanging pleasantries with mamata in the central hall of parliament during her recent visit to the national capital gadkari sprung a surprise on christmas eve by announcing a rs 20000crore infrastructure package for bengal following his meeting with the cm the only contentious issue during the business summit could be land especially after the modi government made amends to the stringent land acquisition act the mamata government has allowed relaxations in land ceiling to give a push to investments in several spheres especially housing state finance minister amit mitra has flagged off his dissent on the centres attempt to introduce the goods and services tax gst in haste but the party didnt play up the difference to the point of confrontation this could be an indication of mamata trying to build bridges with the centre on certain issues urban infrastructure and housing it food processing horticulture and floriculture and textiles healthcare education manufacturing energy hospitality and tourism entertainment and financial services are some of focus areas of the summit the chief minister will share her thoughts on the concluding plenary said an official the evenings on both days will showcase bengals art and culture