Kolkata, June 19 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari presented Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology and TDP National General Secretary, Nara Lokesh, with two significant cultural artefacts, including the Sacred Shad-bhuja-murti Patachitra and the Historic Sholapith Boat, during a high-profile meeting in Kolkata.

In an X post, Adhikari on Thursday described the meeting as a celebration of a "special bond" and shared that the dialogue centred on leveraging these shared values to foster a "futuristic partnership of economic dominance and mutual respect."

To mark the occasion, Adhikari "To honour this special bond, I gifted him two timeless masterpieces of Bengal's heritage. The Sacred Shad-bhuja-murti Patachitra: H...