Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday blamed the Centre of non-cooperation and ‘indulging in propaganda for petty political gains’.
Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for misleading farmers with ‘half-truth and distorted facts’ instead of proactively addressing their issues, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday blamed the Centre of non-cooperation and ‘indulging in propaganda for petty political gains’.
“Our farmer brothers & sisters have been on streets protesting against new farm laws. Instead of addressing them, PM today chose to mislead the people with half-truth & distorted facts. BJP-led Centre is not cooperating & only indulging in propaganda for petty political gains,” the West Bengal CM tweeted, with a letter rubbishing the Centre’s allegation of the non-cooperation by the Bengal government in implementing the PM Kisan Yojana.
The three contentious farm laws would dilute the MSP and state procurement systems, leaving farmers at the mercy of private buyers, Banerjee said. She also slammed the PM for ‘showing his apparent concern’ via a televised event rather than proactively working to resolve their issues.
She had written two letters on the issue of PM Kisan Yojana and spoken to the minister concerned but it was them who were not cooperating, the TMC chief said.
Our farmer brothers & sisters have been on streets protesting against new farm laws. Instead of addressing them, PM today chose to mislead the people with half-truth & distorted facts. BJP-led Centre is not cooperating & only indulging in propaganda for petty political gains. pic.twitter.com/gtngklCruy
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 25, 2020
She also reminded the centre of its Rs 85,000 crore outstanding dues to the state, which included Rs 8,000 crore of unpaid GST dues. Banerjee said the centre must release a part of these funds if they really cared about West Bengal.
The Bengal Chief Minister added that her government was prepared to do anything for the benefit of the people, even if it meant supporting the politically driven schemes of the Centre which were formulated out of political agenda and were not in the interest of helping people.
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