Vendors, who supplied building material for MGNREGA demand dues
A fresh controversy over MGNREGA has arisen after hundreds of vendors, who have supplied materials, staged a protest near Uttarkanya, the branch secretariat in Siliguri today.
A fresh controversy over MGNREGA has arisen after hundreds of vendors, who have supplied materials, staged a protest near Uttarkanya, the branch secretariat in Siliguri today.
Trinamul Congress today lambasted the Union home minister and demanded a white paper be published immediately on funds allocated to Bengal under MGNREGA and Awas Yojana from 2021.
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP from Diamond Harbour
Apart from the hefty MGNREGA wage dues, the unpaid money still remaining to be disbursed in favour of the vendors over the years, has reached a whopping Rs 1,300cr in East Burdwan.
He was taking part in the debate on the Union budget in Lok Sabha this afternoon.
The Trinamul Congress on Sunday asked the Central government to publish a white paper on the money actually released to West Bengal for MGNREGA and housing for the rural poor in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023- 24.
Addressing a rally held in Belda Stadium, West Midnapore, Trinamul's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, today, threw the gauntlet to the central government, particularly targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Coming down heavily on the BJP, Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said Bengal would show the way and continue the movement, till the dues are cleared.
Already 11 lakh people have registered but the actual figure could go up to 16 to 17 lakh, the chief minister
Miss Banerjee had recently announced that the deprived job card holders would be paid from the state government coffers from 1 March.
