Updated Dec 14, 2020 | 11:53 IST Chairman of Board of Administrators in Asansol and TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari writes to West Bengal Urban Development Minister asking for Centre's Smart City Mission project to be implemented. Representational Image | Photo Credit: ANI Key Highlights TMC MLA seeks Mamata minister nod to implement Centre's Smart City Mission project implemented in Asansol "Due to political reasons Asansol wasn't allowed to get the benefits of this project by the state government", claims TMC MLA Tiwari says, "state government had promised equivalent funds to Asansol but it was not done" Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MLA and chairman of the Board of Administrators, Jitendra Tiwari has shot a letter to West Bengal Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim. The letter says, the Centre had chosen Asansol under the Smart City Mission project under which the town would be granted funds wort Rs 2,000 crore for developmental work. But he states "due to political reasons Asansol wasn't allowed to get the benefits of this project by the state government."