London/IBNS, March 28 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has astonishingly differed from the prediction that her country, India, will become the number one economy in the world.

Mamata refused to agree to the prediction during a conversation at the Kellogg College, Oxford University on Thursday.

In the course of the conversation, the interviewer said, "India has already overtaken the UK. We (UK) are now the sixth largest economy, India is now the fifth largest economy. Soon, it will be the third largest economy in the world. By 2060, it is predicted it will be the number 1 economy in the world."

Mamata asked, "Who? Who?"

"India, as a country," the interviewer responded.

Mamata's disagreement with the view that India will b...