TMC to send over 50 lakh letters to Centre seeking release of MGNREGA dues to Bengal
MGNREGA benefits in West Bengal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the party's much-touted protests in New Delhi next month against the alleged withholding of funds by the Centre. The party has accused the BJP-led NDA government of withholding Rs 15,000 crore of dues to Bengal under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Gramin Awas Yojana.
The party will also send letters to Union Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh.
«West Bengal stands united against the central government's injustice, determined to claim what's rightfully ours. People's power reigns supreme in democracy,» TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on X, formerly Twitter.
People of Bengal are raising their voice against «injustice», and those adversely impacted have written letters to the PM, seeking their rightful dues", the party said on the microblogging site.
«We have people, who are yet to get their dues even after working under the MGNREGA, to write these letters. Till now, we have collected more than 50 lakh letters. They have all sought the release of dues to Bengal under the rural jobs scheme.
We are sending these letters to the offices of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Giriraj Singh,» a senior TMC leader said.
Abhishek Banerjee, the party's national general secretary, and TMC MPs, MLAs and leaders from the districts will pay their respects to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in the national capital on October 2 on his birth anniversary.
Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who was supposed to attend the programme in New Delhi, might not go there as she was advised ten days of rest by doctors after she suffered an injury on her left knee during a recent trip to
