TMC looted rations provided by Centre during lockdown: Smriti Irani
Maintaining that over 50 crore mandays were created under Garib Rojgar Yojana for migrant workers returning home, Irani claimed that it did not happen in Bengal .
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DUMURJALA: Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of indulging in corruption, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Sunday that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi provided foodgrains for 80 crore people of the country for eight months during the pandemic, the rations were looted by the party in the state.
Maintaining that over 50 crore mandays were created under Garib Rojgar Yojana for migrant workers returning home, Irani claimed that it did not happen in Bengal .
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Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of indulging in corruption, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Sunday that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi provided foodgrains for 80 crore people of the country for eight months during the pandemic, the rations were looted by the party in the state.
Maintaining that over 50 crore mandays were created under Garib Rojgar Yojana for migrant workers returning home, Ms. Irani claimed that it did not happen in Bengal .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in June last year launched the employment scheme for migrant workers who had returned to villages from cities, during the coronavirus lockdown, to help them get jobs near their home and help in development of villages.
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], January 31 (ANI): A day after he along with four other Trinamool Congress leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government is stopping people in the state to join the BJP by harassing them using police.
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TMC leaders who were inducted into the BJP on Saturday also attended the BJP rally.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked Banerjee to introspect why so many TMC leaders are quitting the party and joining BJP.
West Bengal Assembly elections are expected to be held in April-May this year.
New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday (January 31) attacked the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal and alleged that the food provisions provided by the Centre during COVID-19 induced lockdown was “looted” by the ruling TMC.
Addressing a poll rally in Howrah, Irani was quoted as saying by PTI, “Prime Minister provided five kg rice and one kg dal for 80 crore people of the country for eight months; in Bengal TMC looted it during lockdown.”