TMC ups ante against Centre

With panchayat elections in Bengal due in the next two months, the ruling Trinamool Congress has taken up a high-decibel campaign to garner support of the rural populace on the issue of pending MGNREGA dues from the Centre.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) national secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday asked party workers to make a list of those who have not got their daily wages from 100 days’ work.
“Ask the families to write a letter and collect them. We will send these letters to the Prime Minister. One crore letters from the people of Bengal will be sent to the Prime Minister demanding our share of funds.” Abhishek Banerjee said.
“I will take all these letters to the Central government in Delhi. We will then see if the Centre can stop us from entering with letters from one crore people of Bengal. If needed we
will hold protests in the national capital,” said Banerjee.
Taking potshots at Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Banerjee mentioned: “Three days back, along with 25 MPs, I went to Delhi and tried to meet the Union Minister for Rural Development Giriraj Singh. However, he didn’t give us an appointment, even though he was in Delhi. That is because Giriraj Singh didn’t have the guts to meet us.”