Centre spending crores on new parliament nonetheless depriving Bengal of funds: TMC chief

The TMC nationwide widespread secretary alleged the Centre, has stopped the funds ensuing from Bengal on the event of the ruling BJP event.

DEBRA: Senior TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the inauguration of the model new Parliament establishing and acknowledged whereas crores of rupees are being spent on its constructing, the union authorities has withheld funds beneath the 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme for Bengal.

Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the model new Parliament establishing on Sunday concurrently spherical 20 opposition occasions, along with the TMC, boycotted the event, alleging that President Droupadi Murmu has been denied the correct to inaugurate the establishing and known as it an insult to India’s first woman president from the tribal group.

“They have built a new parliament building by spending crores of rupees. The Centre is also spending crores of rupees on the Central Vista project. Whereas they have kept Rs 7,500 crores pending for the 100 days MGNREGA scheme in the State,” Abhishek acknowledged.

The new parliament establishing was completed in about two-and-a-half years at an estimated value of virtually Rs 1,200 crore.

The TMC chief acknowledged he on no account had any factors in sitting throughout the earlier parliament.

“As an MP, I never had any problem sitting in the old parliament building. The parliament is in session for nearly 40 days a year, and around 800 MPs are members of either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. yet they are spending crores of rupees on new buildings,” he acknowledged.

The TMC nationwide widespread secretary alleged the Centre, has stopped the funds ensuing from Bengal on the event of the ruling BJP event.

“They are depriving the poor people of West Bengal by denying MGNREGA funds to Bengal. It (BJP) is trying to punish the State’s people for their defeat in the last assembly poll in 2021,” he acknowledged whereas addressing a rally throughout the Debra area in Paschim Midnapur district.

Banerjee was addressing the rally as part of the ‘Trinamool-eh Nabajowar’ (new wave in Trinamool) mass outreach advertising and marketing marketing campaign.

His remark drew sharp reactions from the BJP, which dubbed the allegations baseless.

“The TMC has a habit of levelling baseless allegations. The funds have been stopped as the state government has not submitted funds utilization certificates,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar acknowledged.