BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari urges Centre to test ‘unlawful diversion’ of funds by WB govt

By PTI

KOLKATA: Accusing the West Bengal authorities of “illegally diverting” Central funds, Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, urged Union Finance minister to take applicable steps in order that the “malpractices” come to an finish.

He made the accusation in a sequence of tweets and likewise wrote a letter to the Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on this regard.

The BJP chief in a tweet alleged that the state authorities had “tactfully” opened the State Nodal Account of Public Finance Management System in a personal financial institution the place the State Emergency Relief Fund Account was in operation in order that Central funds might be “easily diverted”.

“It is a can of worms waiting to be opened,” he wrote on the micro-blogging website on Thursday.

The MLA from Nandigram requested the Union minister to “keep a tab” on the transactions of the state authorities and connected a duplicate of the letter, dated September 29, together with his tweet.

Adhikari later tweeted, “one tweet of mine and West Bengal government is out of line. A scared WB government, wary of covering their tracks, is desperate to destroy evidence.”

Quoting a state finance division round that the e-office server can be down for six days, he stated it’s nothing however an “excuse to wipe off evidence”.

“In the guise of this downtime, West Bengal Finance Department officers would try to delete all sensitive files and notings. GOI must depute a senior level officer to keep an eye on their illegal activities, so that this corrupt WB government is caught red-handed,” he stated.

Reacting to Adhikari’s tweets, TMC spokesperson and senior Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy stated “Suvendu Adhikari is peddling lies and falsehood for slim political positive factors.

His allegations are concocted and meant to malign the state in each potential manner.

“The state is not diverting central funds for other purposes. Instead, West Bengal is yet to get thousands of crores of its dues from the Centre and is facing great difficulty to implement some projects.”

KOLKATA: Accusing the West Bengal authorities of “illegally diverting” Central funds, Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, urged Union Finance minister to take applicable steps in order that the “malpractices” come to an finish.

He made the accusation in a sequence of tweets and likewise wrote a letter to the Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on this regard.

The BJP chief in a tweet alleged that the state authorities had “tactfully” opened the State Nodal Account of Public Finance Management System in a personal financial institution the place the State Emergency Relief Fund Account was in operation in order that Central funds might be “easily diverted”.

“It is a can of worms waiting to be opened,” he wrote on the micro-blogging website on Thursday.

The MLA from Nandigram requested the Union minister to “keep a tab” on the transactions of the state authorities and connected a duplicate of the letter, dated September 29, together with his tweet.

Adhikari later tweeted, “one tweet of mine and West Bengal government is out of line. A scared WB government, wary of covering their tracks, is desperate to destroy evidence.”

Quoting a state finance division round that the e-office server can be down for six days, he stated it’s nothing however an “excuse to wipe off evidence”.

“In the guise of this downtime, West Bengal Finance Department officers would try to delete all sensitive files and notings. GOI must depute a senior level officer to keep an eye on their illegal activities, so that this corrupt WB government is caught red-handed,” he stated.

Reacting to Adhikari’s tweets, TMC spokesperson and senior Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy stated “Suvendu Adhikari is peddling lies and falsehood for slim political positive factors.

His allegations are concocted and meant to malign the state in each potential manner.

“The state is not diverting central funds for other purposes. Instead, West Bengal is yet to get thousands of crores of its dues from the Centre and is facing great difficulty to implement some projects.”