Escalating their ongoing power tussle with the BJP over alleged denial of funds to West Bengal by the Union government, Trinamool Congress leaders began their two-day protest in New Delhi on October 2, while Union Minister Giriraj Singh alleged that the Trinamool government had created 25 lakh fake job cards to siphon off Central funds, and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) could be ordered.
Both sides marshalled statistics to support their case. Mr. Singh claimed that under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, West Bengal got only ₹58,000 crore while under the Modi government in the last nine years, the State has got ₹2 lakh crore for various rural welfare schemes.
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