The West Bengal Government had earlier announced many welfare schemes for the people of the state. As there were many complaints about the delivery of these schemes, the state government announced ‘Government at the doorstep’, popularly known as ‘Duaare Sarkar’. Even that method has yielded expected results. People are complaining about corruption in obtaining these welfare schemes. Lastly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the ‘direct to CM’ policy, which includes dedicated telephone lines connecting to the CM’s office. Since the scheme was launched, the CM Secretariat has received more than a lakh of complaints regarding the non-receipt of benefits. The Secretariat is facing a huge problem in settling the issues faced by the citizens.
President invites small Toto tribe
It was a matter of joy and surprise for the Toto tribe of North Bengal, who have been invited by President Draupadi Murmu to the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the first time. The reason for the invitation is not known to them. The Toto tribe, one of the world’s smallest tribal communities, came into the limelight in January this year when Dhaniram Toto, a writer trying to preserve the dying language of the Toto tribe, was honoured with the Padma Shri award. The district magistrate received a message directly from the President’s house to communicate with the Toto tribe for the meeting with the President. The Toto tribe faces many problems in the district, including the lack of land rights.
Kerala Governor and Mamata Banerjee connections?
On the day Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cancelled all her scheduled programs and went to Medinipore District Hospital to meet the injured persons of the Coromondol Express, the Chief Minister’s Secretariat received a message that the Governor of Kerala, Arif Muhammad Khan, urgently wanted to meet her in Kolkata. From Medinipore, the CM went to the Indoor Stadium of Kolkata to attend another program for the distribution of compensation cheques to the families of the victims of the rail accident. The Governor went to the stadium to meet the CM, and they had an exclusive meeting for some time, but neither of them expressed the reason for the sudden meeting. There were many speculations in the local media about the meeting.