Under Attack Over Farmers' Protest, Amit Shah Cites Cash Benefit Scheme Under Attack Over Farmers' Protest, Amit Shah Cites Cash Benefit Scheme Mamata Banerjee, one of the staunchest critics of the BJP-led government, has been vociferous about the farm laws Home Minister Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to West Bengal to campaign for BJP Kolkata: Under opposition attack over the farm law issue, Home Minister Amit Shah retaliated in Bengal today, targeting the Mamata Banerjee government over its refusal of central funds under the PM-Kisan scheme. Ms Banerjee's government had refused to implement the scheme of direct cash transfer to farmers.