West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday left for a three-day trip to New Delhi where she is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (December 20). The Trinamool Congress chairperson also said that she would attend the meeting of the Opposition INDIA alliance on Tuesday (December 19).
“On 19th, I will attend the INDIA alliance meeting and on the 20th, I will meet the Prime Minister at 11 a.m. I will take along a few MPs with me. Following this, I will return to Bengal,” Ms. Banerjee told journalists before leaving for the national capital. Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has also accompanied the Chief Minister to Delhi.
“They [Centre] have stopped our funds and are not willing to release our dues. Bengal is the only State whose funds have been withheld. Funds have been stopped for our Banglar Bari scheme. We have finalised a list of 11 lakh beneficiaries, but even then our funds have been withheld. They [Centre ] have done the same for the Grameen Sadak Yojana,” the Chief Minister said. Ms. Banerjee said she had met the Prime Minister thrice regarding this issue and again and her government had passed a resolution in the Assembly on the issue.
