Kolkata, March 20 -- On the eve of her visit to the UK, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced the formation of a five-member Task Force to carry out the administrative work and keep in touch with her.

The Task Force consists of three IAS and two IPS officers.

The three IAS officers are Additional Chief Secretaries Vivek Kumar, Prabhat Mishra and Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty. The two IPS officers are DGP Rajiv Kumar and Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma.

Chief Secretary Manoj Pant will accompany the Chief Minister on her week-long visit to the UK beginning on Friday.

Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat Nabanna that five senior Ministers - Chandrima Bhattacharya, Sashi Panja, Sujit Bose...