Are the funds being allocated through Central schemes being properly used in Bengal ?

A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with the Prime Minister to ask for the discharge of GST debts and unclaimed monies from several federal programmes, Adhikari levelled accusations. Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition, issued a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accusing the Mamata Banerjee administration of syphoning off and diverting cash intended for several national programmes. A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with the Prime Minister to ask for the discharge of GST debts and unclaimed monies from several federal programmes, Adhikari levelled accusations. Adhikari claimed in a four-page letter that multiple instances of malpractice were being discovered around the state on a daily basis.”This is now a continual and ongoing process. The letter states that it is frequently reported in the press that new strategies are being used to engage in corrupt practises and steal funds allocated for different public welfare initiatives. The BJP MLA said that a fresh channel for stealing millions of rupees had been opened up in the state. “Mangrove saplings, as well as numerous different kinds of fruit-bearing plants, are being planted with the help of MGNREGA money. According to papers, the aforementioned project has allegedly spanned hundreds of hectares. The truth, however, is glaringly different.He said that local members of the ruling party had converted MGNREGA into a money-making racket. You’d be surprised to learn that panchayat members and officials are uneasy since central teams are now evaluating several panchayats in Bengal. Many panchayat offices remain open late at night, he noted, not for the benefit of the populace but rather to move and change records that, if they reached the central team members, would implicate them later.Mamata Banerjee requested the quick release of money owed to the government because of the execution of the MGNREGA rural work programme, the PM Awas Yojana, and the PM Gramin Sadak Yojana in a communication to the prime minister on Friday. According to her, the state owed around Rs 17,996.32 crore under these programmes.

By Subhechcha Ganguly