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.
Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ramesh said, “Despite many challenges highlighted by workers, practitioners and researchers in using ABPS for MGNREGA wage payments, the Modi government has continued with its destructive ‘experiments with technology'.’’
After failing to politically defeat the Trinamul Congress, fake news factories masquerading as news media organisations came up with a poorly-crafted lie this morning to deflect attention from people’s growing anger against the BJP for depriving Bengal of its rightful MGNREGA due.
Earlier, she had said she would stage a demonstration on the street if she was denied an appointment.
Without naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said if the money he spends on advertisements was given to the poor, the people engaged in 100-days work under the MGNREGA scheme would not have to shed tears.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the "disinformation campaign" run by the Centre regarding the release of MGNREGA funds and accused the dispensation of not releasing the withheld funds to the state.
