Trinamool Congress MP and National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee reached Delhi ahead of the party’s planned protest against denial of MGNREGA and housing scheme funds to Bengal government in the national capital.
#WATCH | On TMC protest in Delhi, TMC MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee says “The MPs and the ministers are meeting here tonight. There will be discussions and deliberations and we will explore the way forward. Stop me if you can. I am not challenging any probe… pic.twitter.com/XdFVYdLa0V
— ANI (@ANI) October 1, 2023
Forty-nine busloads of TMC supporters are slated to reach Delhi on Monday.
The TMC will hold a peaceful sit-in by its MPs and state ministers at Rajghat on October 2, and a peaceful rally of the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme) job card holders the next day, party officials said. Both the programmes will be live streamed.
TMC MP Sudeep Bandopadhyay told ANI , “Today it was decided in the meeting that tomorrow at 1:30 pm we will gather at Raj Ghat and pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. After this, a meeting will be held at my house and discuss & chalk out a strategy for October 3…Everyone knows the issue, job workers haven’t been paid…Bengal is being economically blockaded by the central government..”
