MNREGA funds blocked resulting from Mamata govt’s corruption: TMC leaders detained throughout dramatic nighttime protests outdoors Krishi Bhavan

Leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had been detained on Tuesday night time (third October) whereas staging protests on the Union Rural Development Ministry workplace in Delhi. The TMC was staging dramatic protests demanding a gathering with the Rural Development Minister over MNREGA funds to West Bengal.

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High drama within the capital as TMC MPs have been detained in Delhi. The detained MPs embody Abhishek Banerjee and Mahua Moitra.

Abhishek Banerjee has stated that he visited the ministry and needed to look ahead to 90 minutes…: @Sabyasachi_13 shares extra particulars with @madhavgk pic.twitter.com/rT6vv6sQum

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) October 3, 2023

As reported by Times Now, the TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee had demanded to fulfill MoS Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti at Krishi Bhavan together with a big group of over 40 TMC leaders. However, the MoS acknowledged that she would meet solely 5 leaders. On this, the TMC leaders received agitated and demanded to fulfill her with all the group of 40+ folks. TMC leaders sat on a Dharna when the MoS didn’t give in to their calls for and created a ruckus. Following this, they had been escorted out by safety personnel stationed on the premises of Krishi Bhavan.

As per the most recent studies, MoS Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has acknowledged that she did need to meet the TMC leaders, however they selected to waste her time by staging Dharna and never agreeing to sending a delegation of fewer folks as an alternative of all 40+ of them.

TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that the TMC MPs had been manhandled by the Delhi Police. He termed the detention of TMC leaders as a “black day for Indian democracy”. Furthermore, the TMC chief known as for a marketing campaign “Raj Bhavan Abhiyan” in Kolkata on fifth October.

MP Mahua Moitra posted a video of herself being carried by ladies safety personnel whereas she thrashes round and shrieks.

This is how elected MPs of the world’s largest democracy are handled after being given an appointment to fulfill with a Minister of the Govt of India (which she refused to honour after making us wait 3 hours)

Shame @narendramodi disgrace @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/cmx6ZzFxBu

— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) October 3, 2023

The matter pertains to the blocking of MNREGA funds by the Centre to West Bengal. Abhishek Banerjee claimed that Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti didn’t meet them even after giving an appointment. The detained TMC delegation was launched after three hours.

Taking to X, previously Twitter, West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee accused the Central authorities of “withholding funds for the poor of Bengal” and of brutality in opposition to its delegation.

Today is a darkish, sinister day for democracy, a day when @BJP4India revealed their disdain for the folks of Bengal, their disregard for the rights of the poor and an entire abandonment of democratic values.

First, they callously withheld essential funds meant for the poor of…

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) October 3, 2023

On October 2, TMC leaders had tried to stage a Dharna at Raj Ghat as part of their technique to blame the Centre for withholding funds within the face of rampant corruption in Bengal. As a response to the claims of manhandling made by TMC, the Delhi Police had acknowledged that the TMC leaders had refused to vacate the place regardless of repeated requests.

In a press release, the Delhi police stated that the TMC leaders had been requested to vacate the Samadhi Sthal peacefully. “On this very important day of the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, thousands of people were visiting Rajghat – the Samadhi Sthal – to pay homage,” it famous.

“TMC leaders were requested not to sit at Samadhi Sthal. Despite repeated requests, they were not listening. Due to that public entry was affected and that resulted in a gathering of people around Samadhi Sthal. Therefore, to avoid public inconvenience as well as in the interest of their own safety, TMC leaders were requested to vacate the samadhi Sthal peacefully,” the assertion learn.

Marred with allegations of large-scale corruption linked to MNREGA funds, Mamata focused the BJP for “abandonment of democratic values”. On sixth September, the Bengal authorities had written to the Delhi police searching for to carry a protest rally within the nationwide capital in opposition to the Centre’s determination to carry again MNREGA funds.

Meanwhile, the BJP has alleged that TMC didn’t flip up for the assembly with the Minister on the scheduled time. BJP chief Amit Malviya wrote on X, “the Central Govt is not holding back any funds. It is because of widespread corruption in the implementation of MNREGA and lack of compliance with guidelines, that the funds have been held up. Despite several reminders, since 2019, Govt of West Bengal failed to submit a satisfactory compliance or Action Taken Report. No steps have been taken to eliminate corruption and ensure transparency.”

If there’s anybody who has looted the poor of West Bengal, it’s Mamata Banerjee and her Govt. TMC MPs had no enterprise tenting within the Minister’s workplace after failing to show up on the scheduled time for the assembly.

Besides, the Central Govt isn’t holding again any funds. It is… https://t.co/ik5nOgo3Xp

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) October 3, 2023
Why has the Centre withheld MGNREGS funds from West Bengal?

In March this 12 months, the Union Rural Development Ministry determined to withhold Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) funds for West Bengal for the fiscal 12 months 2023-24.

The Ministry prolonged the imposition of Section 27 of MNREGA, which permits for the suspension of funds for violations of guidelines within the implementation of the scheme by the state. West Bengal is the one State within the nation in opposition to whom this Section 27 of the MNREGA was invoked.

The MNREGA funds to West Bengal had been halted owing to large-scale anomalies within the implementation of the Central welfare schemes by Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionaries, particularly within the rural areas.

Numerous TMC officers in rural areas of Bengal have been accused of putting ineligible folks together with relations on PMAY beneficiary lists.

The checklist of PMAY beneficiaries in Bengal was found to be stuffed with rich people with ties to the ruling social gathering, in addition to youngsters, wives, and shut relations of Trinamool functionaries.

Similarly, Trinamool staff in rural organizations have been accused of distorting MGNREGA beneficiary lists, producing bogus job playing cards, and misrepresenting data of property produced underneath the scheme in an effort to siphon off funds, amongst different violations. The union administration suspended fund disbursement after central audit groups found these large-scale errors and malfeasance.

In 2022, BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari had written to Union Rural Development Minister Griraj Singh searching for an investigation in opposition to Mamata Banerjee administration in West Bengal.

Asking for a CBI probe or a probe by any central company, the BJP chief alleged that the WB Govt was creating ‘fake’ jobs and misusing the job holder particulars to create false employment information.

Alleging that the small print of the Job Card holders are getting used arbitrarily and at whim by the Mamata Banerjee administration, the BJP chief listed the fees which he stated would emerge if an audit is performed.

The Jobs/Works in opposition to such “so-called employment” which were generated are largely pretend. The Administration received’t be capable to present the Work Orders or Tender Details of the Jobs/Works to tally such employment.
The mode of cost to the labourers is questionable & lacks readability. An inquiry should be performed whether or not the cost has been made in money. If so, then who made such cost & for which job? Whether the individual/company making such cost has been truly assigned to execute such a job. And if the cost has been made by account switch, in that state of affairs the Administration should come clear concerning the cash path.
Numerous Job Card holders’ particulars appear to be pretend. The figures for the Job Card holders are massively exaggerated. If in comparison with the 2011 Census it might be discovered that the job playing cards issued in a Block appear to outnumber the folks residing in that space.

Moreover, in 2019, Mamata Banerjee herself had inadvertently admitted that ‘cut money’ was taken by members of her personal social gathering, for implementing the welfare schemes of the federal government.

Mamata Banerjee’s MNREGA lie

In 2013, two years into workplace, Mamata Banerjee made large claims of improvement, particularly about offering 100 days of labor to unemployed adults underneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

Her authorities claimed that the state topped the chart in 2012-13 with the implementation of tasks value Rs 4475.80 crore, which is the best within the nation and generated employment for 57.76 lakh households.

TMC authorities’s advert in an area newspaper made tall claims of topping the event scale. This additionally turned out to be nothing however a deception. The nationwide statistics then urged that West Bengal ranked twenty fourth on the checklist.

The then Union Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunsi had stated in a press release: “The state has ranked 24th on the list, whereas the (Trinamool) government very boastfully claimed otherwise. It easily nailed the lie of the state administration as they are misleading people with wrong information ahead of the panchayat elections”.

The nationwide statistics additionally urged that West Bengal dipped to the thirty fifth place within the checklist within the 12 months 2019.

West Bengal additionally all the time has the best share of delayed MGNREGA funds and it’s stricken by TMC’s cut-money throughout the state, the place staff are compelled to pay hefty sums to avail work underneath the scheme.