As the BJP organised a massive show of strength at the heart of Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with members of the ruling Trinamool Congress, sat on a dharna on the Assembly premises over the alleged non-payment of pending MGNREGA funds by the Centr
Abhishek Banerjee, as promised, also provided financial assistance to them from his end and highlighted that the protest will continue on a bigger scale in the coming days, sources from the TMC said.
"We work and they advertise. If they had given the money spent on advertisements to labourers, then there would not have been the MGNREGA protests. We have never seen anything like this," the Chief Minister said.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar today said that the State government has appealed to the Centre to increase MGNREGA man days from 100 to 150 in view of drought in the State.
The ruling TMC in Bengal has accused the BJP-led NDA government of withholding Rs 15,000 crore in dues to the state under the MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana.
M K Stalin said, "BJP is using the governor to stop the approval of the 19 bills that were passed in the Legislative Assembly by all the representatives of the people of Tamil Nadu. By moving towards a single party - a single leadership - a single prime minister with a singular power, they a
"I request that the total wage liability amount of Rs 2,696.77 crore be released to Tamil Nadu immediately. Further, additional funds may also be released to unskilled workers regularly. I look forward to your personal intervention in this regard," the Tamil Nadu CM said in the letter.
"Since we have waited for two years, we can wait for a few more days. If we do not get an appropriate response by October 31, Trinamool Congress will organise a larger movement from November 1. This time, Mamata Banerjee will lead the movement," Banerjee said.
Launching an awareness campaign for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) in Baran district, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Bharatiya Janata Party merely pays lip service for the welfare of the impoverished, while the Congress actively strives to improve the live
Amid AAP protests against the arrest of Sanjay Singh by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, and the extension of his remand, BJP leader Ajay Alok on Wednesday hit out at the ruling party in the national capital, calling it the "Aam Anarchist P