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The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, along with a delegation of MPs, called on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today.
The Prime Minister’s Office posted on X:
“CM of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, along with a delegation of MPs called on PM Narendra Modi.”
CM of West Bengal @MamataOfficial Ji, along with a delegation of MPs called on PM @narendramodi. pic.twitter.com/SQXB9srIWi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 20, 2023
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during which she urged him to release pending state funds.
“A 10-member delegation, including Trinamool Congress MPs, met the Prime Minister today,” the Trinamool Congress supremo told reporters, adding that she has submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister.
On the funds worth Rs 1.16 lakh crore pending with the Centre for the state, she said, “We raised the issue with him. I urged the Prime Minister to release the funds due to the state which is a constitutional mandatory. The Prime Minister said there will be joint meetings between officers from the Centre and West Bengal on this.”
The Chief Minister went on to say that monies for the Awas Yojana, the national rural development and health mission, and even the Finance Commission had been halted.
Banerjee stated that the authorities provided all clarifications, but the state has received nothing till far.
Banerjee stated that she had met with the Prime Minister three times previously, but that funding had not yet been given.
She also said, “We are not getting anything from the central share for poor people. The Prime Minister listened to us and said that the officers of the centre and state will sit and decide.”
On a query regarding Trinamool Congress party MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Banerjee said, “I would not comment on the same. There is a system. I won’t interfere in Parliamentary party issues.”
She also stated that her parliamentary party can respond since they are large enough to make a choice.
