Trinamool Congress common secretary Abhishek Banerjee together with celebration leaders and staff sat on a dharna at the Rajghat.
Trinamool Congress common secretary Abhishek Banerjee together with celebration leaders and staff sat on a dharna at the Rajghat right here on Mahatma Gandhi’s delivery anniversary on Monday demanding the discharge of funds for West Bengal by the Centre.
The Lok Sabha member, accompanied by celebration leaders together with MPs, MLAs and state ministers who had arrived from West Bengal, paid tributes to Gandhi at the memorial and held the protest for 2 hours, sporting black armbands and displaying placards, after which they have been escorted out by safety personnel.
“They are scared that is why they are doing this… They talk about being a big party, but it is now visible that they are scared,” Banerjee advised media individuals exterior Rajghat earlier than he and different TMC protesters have been requested to clear the realm.
The TMC lashed out at the central authorities for “stopping” it from holding a “peaceful protest” and alleged that the protesters have been heckled and manhandled by the safety personnel.
The BJP hit again accusing the TMC of committing theft of presidency funds. Union Minister Anurag Thakur alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has despatched her celebration leaders beneath a “corrupt and tainted” MP to stage the protest to divert the general public consideration from the “numerous scams” that occurred in her state.
At a press convention, Thakur dismissed TMC’s allegations that the state’s funds have been being withheld and claimed there was no scarcity of cash for the centrally-sponsored schemes in West Bengal.
The BJP additionally fielded its state leaders, together with unit president Sukanta Majumdar, Union minister Subhas Sarkar and MP Locket Chatterjee, who accused TMC of doing a “drama” in Delhi.
Majumdar made gentle of Abhishek Banerjee’s cost that the BJP has been making an attempt to scuttle his celebration’s protests, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not that idle to focus on a “petty leader” such because the TMC’s inheritor obvious.
Abhishek Banerjee later visited Lal Bahadur Shastri’s memorial Vijay Ghat and paid tributes to the previous prime minister on his delivery anniversary. At Gandhi’s samadhi, Banerjee held a placard demanding that the Centre “release fund for Bengal”. Another placard learn ‘Bengal Deprived: 1 lakh 15 thousand crore households, Rs. 15,000 crore owed’.
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has accused the BJP-led NDA authorities of withholding Rs 15,000 crore in dues to the state beneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and PM Awas Yojana.
The demonstration was held for about two hours, after which the TMC leaders have been escorted out by safety personnel. Banerjee addressed the media exterior Raj Ghat however loudspeakers have been utilized by police to ask the TMC leaders and supporters to maneuver out of the realm.
“Our leaders peacefully protesting for the rights of the people were abruptly asked to leave by the police. All Shri Abhishek Banerjee asked for was ten minutes, but was ungracefully refused. What is the BJP-led Central Government scared of?” the Trinamool Congress stated in a put up on X (previously Twitter).
They additionally shared a video of a police official asking the TMC leaders to go away. The celebration leaders alleged that derogatory remarks have been made by an IPS officer concerning the peaceable protest and that girls leaders have been “manhandled” by police.
“It is deeply disheartening to witness such a lack of respect for the democratic process and the voices of the people under the BJP-led central government,” Trinamool Congress stated in a put up on X.
“Raising our voice for people’s rights is labelled as Tamasha. On Gandhi Jayanti, all we sought was a peaceful dharna for the betterment of our people. However, the anti-people BJP-led central government chose to silence us,” the celebration alleged.
Speaking to the media earlier than leaving the realm, Banerjee stated the BJP authorities is “scared”. The TMC leaders and supporters will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday over the problem. The celebration claimed that over 50 lakh letters have been introduced by the protesters from West Bengal which might be addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the non-payment of dues.
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TMC sources stated letters will even be introduced from BJP-ruled Assam, Goa, Tripura and Meghalaya highlighting alleged corruption in central schemes. Biswajit Dev, a spokesperson of the Trinamool Congress and member of the celebration’s state committee accused the Centre of destroying the agricultural employment scheme MGNREGA and stated it’s an insult to Mahatma Gandhi, after whom the scheme has been named.
“Is this democracy? Centre is using schemes for political benefits,” he alleged. “This is an insult to the poor people and to Mahatma Gandhi after whom MNREGA has been named,” Dev advised PTI. Chaiti Barman Barua, a TMC leader from Coochbihar, stated they’ve come to Delhi to make their voice heard.
Joy Banerjee, who got here from Purulia in West Bengal, alleged that the various trains and flights on which the TMC leaders have been scheduled to journey to Delhi have been cancelled.”We are here to make our voices heard by the Centre, not for any confrontation. Why is the BJP so worried?” he stated.
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to attend the programme in New Delhi however is unlikely to take action as she has been suggested ten days of relaxation by medical doctors after she suffered an damage in her left knee throughout a current journey to Spain and Dubai.
The chief minister held a two-day sit-in in March this yr in opposition to the Centre’s alleged transfer of “not releasing funds” to the state for MGNREGA and different welfare schemes.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur focused the TMC saying its leaders “have come to Delhi under the leadership of a tainted party MP, who himself is accused of several corruption charges and is currently under the investigation by the ED”.
