Poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched and kept by the representatives with the connivance of the officials.
Poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched and kept by the representatives with the connivance of the officials.
A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded the release of funds due to the state, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday wrote a letter to the Prime Minister highlighting the rampant corruption and corruption in implementation. misconduct was alleged. Central Government Schemes in West Bengal
Mr Adhikari, who is also a BJP MLA, alleged that “MNREGA has been turned into a fundraising scheme by the ruling party functionaries at the local level. Poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched and kept by such corrupt representatives with the connivance of officials. Referring to the central teams surveying the implementation of MGNREGA in the state, Mr. Adhikari asked the departments concerned with the Prime Minister to “send more such teams to conduct a comprehensive audit and find out the actual misuse of central funds”. requested to give instructions. In the five-page letter, the Leader of the Opposition has specifically cited specific instances of corruption in the implementation of MGNREGA.
The Chief Minister had submitted a letter after meeting the Prime Minister on Friday in which he had said that Rs 1,00,968.44 crore dues of core sectors are due to West Bengal. In the letter, Ms Banerjee emphasized on schemes like MGNREGA, Awas Yojana and Gramin Sadak Yojana and said that “the central government owes funds to the tune of Rs 17,996.32 crore on these schemes”.
not paid wages
The Center has not paid any wages for MGNREGA work in West Bengal since December 2021, due to which 100 days of work has come to a standstill in the state. Non-payment of work has created a crisis in rural areas, where the population in the state is dependent on MGNREGA. Mr Adhikari said in the letter that on behalf of the people of West Bengal, he would like to state that “proper checks and balances should be accordingly and the amount paid so far should be accounted for”.
“MNREGA has been turned into a fundraising scheme by the functionaries of the ruling party at the local level”Suvendu Adhikariopposition leader