Centre ought to put off GST if it might’t clear our dues: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

By PTI

JHARGRAM: Launching a tirade towards the BJP-led Union authorities, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stated the Centre ought to put off the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime whether it is unable to clear the dues it owed to the state.

Banerjee puzzled if she must “beg” to get the dues cleared.

Addressing a rally within the tribal-dominated Belpahari space of the Jhargram district, she stated the BJP-led authorities should both make the fee or the get together should step down from the seat of energy.

“They are not releasing funds under the MNREGA scheme. The BJP has to step down from power if it does not clear our dues. The Centre must scrap GST if it is can’t clear the state’s dues (‘Jodi amader bokeya na dey, tahole bondo kore dik GST’). They are not doing us any favour by giving us GST dues; it is people’s money that they have taken through GST,” she stated on the delivery anniversary programme of tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda.

Banerjee stated that she had additionally met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raised the matter.

“We had agreed on implementing the GST; we thought the Centre would clear our dues. But now the Centre is taking away all money collected as GST but not giving us our dues. I had met the Prime Minister and requested him, but nothing moved forward. Are we supposed to beg for it? “Why ought to we pay GST if the Centre just isn’t clearing our dues? If the Centre cannot give us the cash, we are able to additionally cease paying GST. (Amrao tho bondho kore dite pari, keno GST tax debo?) The nation is for the folks, not for politicians. This just isn’t BJP’s cash,” she stated.

Listing out schemes, “under which funds have been withheld”, Banerjee stated the Union authorities is constitutionally certain to pay the state for the 100-day work scheme.

“I would like to tell the central government that releasing funds for the 100-day work scheme is a constitutional norm. The Centre must pay; it is not an obligation, but a compulsion as the law has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament,” she stated.

Hitting out at Bengal BJP management for asserting that it could make sure the Centre stopped fund circulation to the state, Banerjee sought to know if that cash was “personal property” of saffron get together leaders.

Later, interacting with the locals, Banerjee claimed that scarcity of central funds was the first motive for the piped water venture beneath Jal Jeevan Mission to have come to a halt.

“By 2024, all the houses were to get piped drinking water. But the Centre has stopped giving funds, which is why the project has come to a halt. Once they pay, we will start implementing it. We are fighting against the injustice meted out to us by the Centre,” she stated.

Meanwhile, reacting to Banerjee’s allegations, BJP chief Rahul Sinha stated fund circulation was stopped because the TMC authorities did not submit utilisation certificates on the cash spent beneath MNREGA.

“Let the state government first submit the utilization certificate for the funds received earlier; only then it will start receiving funds again,” Sinha stated.

Earlier within the day, Banerjee had tweeted that Munda taught folks the significance of respecting and defending indigenous rights.

“I pay my humble respects to ‘Dharti Aba’, brave revolutionary Birsa Munda on his Birth Anniversary. As a true son of the soil, he taught us the importance of respecting and protecting indigenous rights. May we continue to be steadfast on the path shown by him. Jai Johar!” she wrote.

JHARGRAM: Launching a tirade towards the BJP-led Union authorities, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stated the Centre ought to put off the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime whether it is unable to clear the dues it owed to the state.

Banerjee puzzled if she must “beg” to get the dues cleared.

Addressing a rally within the tribal-dominated Belpahari space of the Jhargram district, she stated the BJP-led authorities should both make the fee or the get together should step down from the seat of energy.

“They are not releasing funds under the MNREGA scheme. The BJP has to step down from power if it does not clear our dues. The Centre must scrap GST if it is can’t clear the state’s dues (‘Jodi amader bokeya na dey, tahole bondo kore dik GST’). They are not doing us any favour by giving us GST dues; it is people’s money that they have taken through GST,” she stated on the delivery anniversary programme of tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda.

Banerjee stated that she had additionally met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raised the matter.

“We had agreed on implementing the GST; we thought the Centre would clear our dues. But now the Centre is taking away all money collected as GST but not giving us our dues. I had met the Prime Minister and requested him, but nothing moved forward. Are we supposed to beg for it? “Why ought to we pay GST if the Centre just isn’t clearing our dues? If the Centre cannot give us the cash, we are able to additionally cease paying GST. (Amrao tho bondho kore dite pari, keno GST tax debo?) The nation is for the folks, not for politicians. This just isn’t BJP’s cash,” she stated.

Listing out schemes, “under which funds have been withheld”, Banerjee stated the Union authorities is constitutionally certain to pay the state for the 100-day work scheme.

“I would like to tell the central government that releasing funds for the 100-day work scheme is a constitutional norm. The Centre must pay; it is not an obligation, but a compulsion as the law has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament,” she stated.

Hitting out at Bengal BJP management for asserting that it could make sure the Centre stopped fund circulation to the state, Banerjee sought to know if that cash was “personal property” of saffron get together leaders.

Later, interacting with the locals, Banerjee claimed that scarcity of central funds was the first motive for the piped water venture beneath Jal Jeevan Mission to have come to a halt.

“By 2024, all the houses were to get piped drinking water. But the Centre has stopped giving funds, which is why the project has come to a halt. Once they pay, we will start implementing it. We are fighting against the injustice meted out to us by the Centre,” she stated.

Meanwhile, reacting to Banerjee’s allegations, BJP chief Rahul Sinha stated fund circulation was stopped because the TMC authorities did not submit utilisation certificates on the cash spent beneath MNREGA.

“Let the state government first submit the utilization certificate for the funds received earlier; only then it will start receiving funds again,” Sinha stated.

Earlier within the day, Banerjee had tweeted that Munda taught folks the significance of respecting and defending indigenous rights.

“I pay my humble respects to ‘Dharti Aba’, brave revolutionary Birsa Munda on his Birth Anniversary. As a true son of the soil, he taught us the importance of respecting and protecting indigenous rights. May we continue to be steadfast on the path shown by him. Jai Johar!” she wrote.