Minister Escaped, Alleges Trinamool After Visit To Giriraj Singh's Office
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It seems Union Minister Giriraj Singh "does not have answers to our question, so they chose the easy way and escaped," Abhishek Banerjee said
Trinamool Congress MPs led by senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee tried to meet Union Minister Giriraj Singh today to press for the release of funds to Bengal, for which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had sat on a two-day dharna in Kolkata last week. But they had to return empty-handed and the minister was not in. .@BJP4India, playing the game of truth & lies is not what we want!We demand our DULY DESERVED FUNDS but have consistently received silence & absence.Our Hon'ble MP Shri @abhishekaitc isn't afraid to challenge the authorities & fight for what's ours!GIVE US OUR FUNDS! pic.twitter.com/huhHcBnchz
"After parliament was adjourned for the day, a delegation of 25 Trinamool MPs came to meet the Union Minister of Rural Development, Giriraj Singh. Neither the Union Minister, nor the Minister of State, were present," Abhishek Banerjee told reporters.
"We were not given any proper reason for their absence. It seems that the minister does not have answers to our question, so they chose the easy way and escaped. However, unlike them, Trinamool MPs do not have any ego. Since both the ministers were absent, we agreed to meet the department secretary instead," the Trinamool MP added.
Bengal is the "only state where Central funds have not been released yet," Mr Banerjee claimed. "Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme alone, Rs 7,000 crore is due to the state, as a result of which 17 lakh families have been suffering for over a year," he added.
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