West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on February 27 said if the Centre does not clear the dues of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by April 1, her government will build 11 lakh houses for the State’s poor.
“If the Centre does not release the funds for the Awas Yojana by April 1, then our government will build 11 lakh houses for the beneficiaries [who] have been enlisted. We will pay the money.... We are not beggars, what we are asking is our rightful dues,” Ms. Banerjee said while addressing a programme in Purulia district.
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