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Banerjee said the party would field people with a clean image in the upcoming panchayat polls and asked TMC leaders in every panchayat to come up with such names. (File photo/ANI)
He alleged that BJP MPs and MLAs from the state are asking the Center not to release the dues to the state
Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Saturday that the party will send the Prime Minister Narendra Modi One crore signed letters from daily wage earners from West Bengal who could not get employment under MGNREGA as the Center allegedly did not release funds for the project to the state.
Opening a front against the BJP-led government at the Center ahead of the panchayat polls, Banerjee, considered No. 2 in the TMC, said party workers would hit the streets of Delhi if the government did not release the dues. State.
Addressing a public meeting in Alipurduar district in the northern part of the state, he claimed that this has stalled the implementation of the 100 days work project for the last one year.
“From April 16, our workers will reach out to 1.38 crore families who could not be employed in any project (under MGNREGA). We will collect their signed letters to the Prime Minister and send over one crore such letters to the Centre.” One month,” Banerjee said.
He alleged that BJP MPs and MLAs from the state were asking the Center not to release the dues to the state. The Diamond Harbor MP said, “Funds to Bengal, they (BJP) are attacking helpless people with unprecedented viciousness. We will always stand against tyranny. They are avenging the 2021 defeat but we will not let our people down! Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee The TMC leader said he had met Modi twice for the release of funds, while a delegation of party MPs sought the appointment of Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh, but he met him despite being in Delhi. Didn’t
He accused Union minister John Barla, who is an MP from West Bengal, and leader of the opposition in the state assembly, Shubhendu Adhikari, of conspiring against the people to deny them their dues.
He claimed that these two leaders and many others had asked the Center not to release MGNREGA funds to the state.
Banerjee said, “Has he been elected to work against the interests of the people? The people of the state should ask this question to BJP leaders big and small.”
Accusing the BJP of playing politics of religion ignoring basic issues like fuel price hike and threat to livelihood, he said votes cannot be decided on the basis of caste, creed and religion.
Alleging that the Modi government was using central agencies to intimidate political opponents, Banerjee said, “One or two leaders were arrested and we have taken action against them. TMC does not protect thieves.” ” Several TMC leaders, including a minister and a district president, were arrested by central agencies for their alleged involvement in the cash-for-job and cattle scams.
Banerjee said the party would field people with a clean image in the upcoming panchayat polls and asked TMC leaders in every panchayat to come up with such names.
On the TMC leader’s allegations, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said, “The Mamata Banerjee government is only interested in wasting central funds by organizing fairs and festivals and lining the pockets of its local leaders.”
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