BJP, TMC in war of words over MGNREGA dues
Trinamool Congress and BJP were involved in a slugfest over MGNREGA dues to West Bengal on Wednesday, two days after TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee along with party leaders and job card holders met the governor and the party withdrew the sit-in near the Raj Bhavan.
BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, who had in the past blamed TMC leaders of siphoning Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds, in a post on 'X' accused the party of not coming up with «proper expenditure reports» while insisting on the release of funds.
Majumdar said in his official handle, «Unauthorised payment, excess payment — these are the terms that come up every time questions are raised on payments issued by West Bengal's TMC govt...»
Yet, the TMC is unrelenting on the Centre releasing funds for MGNREGA without providing adequate and proper expenditure reports, he said.
«The Centre will clear dues once the state comes clean and not a single deserving one will be deprived,» he told reporters.
Senior TMC leader and West Bengal minister Sashi Panja retorting sharply said, «No zamindari provision can deprive the toiling people of Bengal of their dues».
Panja posted on the microblogging site, «48 National Livestock Mission and central teams visited Bengal, with action taken reports submitted for each observation received.
