kolkata mamata banerjee met bengal inc for a bijoya sammelani evening in ballygunge on monday but she didnt try to sell dreams or outdo competing states with more sops for new industry instead the chief minister took them into confidence told them about the states financial constraints and reassured them land wouldnt be a problem if they wanted to invest she also asked industrialists to disclose the amount of land in their possession so that the state could plan industry accordingly mamata told the industrialists she would concentrate on agriculture and industry after diwali her candid approach touched those worried about land power and infrastructure before investing in the state the government declared its intent and that is what the industry looks forward to said sanjeev goenka the chief minister began with a shubho bijoya greeting and shunned the podium to stand with the business leaders as she spoke for almost an hour explaining her vision and constraints among her audience were the likes of y c deveshwar sanjeev goenka purnendu chatterjee chanchal upadhyay m k jalan s k birla s k roy harshavardhan lodha and harshavardhan neotia she gave the business leaders a patient hearing often knitting her brows and gesturing with her arms as she made a point she was accompanied by industry minister partha chatterjee urban development minister firhad hakim and sports minister madan mitra finance minister amit mitra joined the party a little late shortly after 8 pm unlike her predecessor buddhadeb bhattacharjee mamata admitted bengal couldnt compete with the likes of gujarat and maharashtra but she promised what she was confident of delivering a clean and efficient administration in terms of the financial situation other states are way ahead of us mamata said we cannot compete with states like gujarat and maharashtra with 94 of the states resources being spent on nonplan expenditure there is hardly anything left for development but we are trying to fight the constraints and do whatever is possible industries need to chip in it has to be a give and take she was responding to itc chief deveshwars question on how bengal would carve a niche in a competitive environment land policy will pose an enormous challenge to industry he said