A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought the release of funds due to the State, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday, wrote a letter to the Prime Minister alleging rampant corruption and malpractices in the implementation of central government schemes in West Bengal.
Mr. Adhikari, who is also a BJP MLA alleged, that “MGNREGA has been turned into a money-minting scheme by the local level ruling party functionaries. The poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched away and kept by such corrupt representatives in connivance with the officials.” Referring to central teams surveying the implementation of MGNREGA in the State, Mr. Adhikari urged the PM to direct concerned departments “to dispatch more of such teams in order to conduct comprehensive audit and unearth the actual misuse of Central funds”. In the five-page letter, the Leader of Opposition has cited specific instances of corruption, particularly in the implementation of MGNREGA.
