howrah after sitting on the application for two weeks the howrah municipal corporation hmc has given its nod to union finance minister arun jaitleys meeting with traders of howrah and kolkata at howrahs sarat sadan on january 7 the meeting is being organized by the bjps trade cell we were planning to protest over the delay in getting permission the civic body finally gave its nod this evening said howrah bjp leader umesh rai some 2000 businessmen from howrah and kolkata have been invited to attend the meeting with the union finance minister rai said among other issues jaitley will discuss new clauses under the income tax act with the traders as well as show them a new path for business and industry in bengal howrah mayor rathin chakraborty however denied any delay in permission an hmc programme was scheduled to be held at sarat sadan on january 7 we postponed it out of courtesy towards the finance minister he claimed