West Bengal BJP leader Agnimitra Paul on Sunday said that Trinamool Congress (TMC) should stop fooling the poor people over the MGNREGA protest it has decided to organize in the Delhi on October 2 adding that Mamata Banerjee's government has committed corruption by not disbursing the MGNREGA
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Susmita Dev hit out at the central government over the refusal to provide special trains to MGNREGA job cardholders from West Bengal to reach Delhi and said that they were ready for the fight.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O Brien on Saturday said the Delhi-bound flight of party leaders, who are to join the protest in the national capital against MGNREGA ‘arrears’ next week, has been cancelled.
Thousands of MGNREGA job cardholders from West Bengal have started leaving in several buses arranged by Trinamool Congress (TMC) for their protest programme, scheduled next week in the national capital against the alleged withholding of funds by the Centre.
"SHOCKING DISPLAY OF DECEIT: The BJP govt shamelessly denied to provide a special train after accepting the deposit. This blatant obstruction of WB's right to protest for their rightful dues is a glaring testament to their FEAR. Love seeing them COWER BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF WB," Abhishek Baner
As the three-day-long rail blockade protest began on Thursday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Krantikari chairman Surjeet Singh said that the protesting farmers also want the Centre to double the number of work days, guaranteed by the government under MGNREGA scheme.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Senior Leader and Politburo member Brinda Karat on Wednesday wrote a letter to Union Minister for Rural Development Giriraj Singh and draw attention to the negative impact of several policy decisions taken by the govt regarding MGNREGA.
The Union Budget allocated Rs 60,000 crore for the MGNREGA scheme for 2023-24, 18 per cent lower than the Rs 73,000 crore budget estimates for the current year 2022-23, and about 33 per cent lower than the Rs 89,000 crore revised estimates for the current year.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday presided over a special meeting with the ministers and discussed the action plan for the successful organization of 'Van Mahotsav-2023' and issued necessary guidelines.
The Manipur Government is making efforts to reissue lost or destroyed documents and cards of people who were displaced from their native villages and are now in relief camps.
2000-batch IAS officer Pooja Singhal was accused along with her husband and others in connection with a money laundering case registered by a federal agency pertaining to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in the Khunti district during 2009-2010 and some other suspicious financial tra