Siliguri, March 20 (IANS). TMC chief Mamata Banerjee released the manifesto on Friday regarding the West Bengal assembly elections. BJP leader Shankar Ghosh took a dig at TMC’s manifesto and said that now the time has come for Mamata Banerjee’s departure, nothing will be achieved from the manifesto.
Speaking to IANS in Siliguri, BJP leader Shankar Ghosh said that this manifesto is not going to give any benefit to Mamata Banerjee. Mamata Banerjee’s farewell is fixed on May 4. TMC’s manifesto makes no sense. He is not coming into the government this year.
Raising the issue of migration, the BJP leader said that during the 15 years of Mamata Banerjee’s rule, the situation has become such that people are leaving West Bengal. The health related announcement in Mamata Banerjee’s manifesto is just a phrase. This means that she is not talking about medicine, she is talking about destruction, and the government itself is on a ventilator. All I can say is that the promises being made in the manifesto will not affect the people of Bengal.
Let us tell you that in the manifesto of TMC, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has presented her 10 ‘pledges’. These pledges are a roadmap to continuously accelerate development in the possible fourth term of his government.
Posting on the social media platform ‘X’, CM Mamata Banerjee wrote, “I humbly present my 10 ‘pledges’ for Bengal, so that the wheel of development continues to move forward in the fourth term of my government.”
First of all, monthly financial assistance to women will be increased under ‘Lakshmi Bhandar’ scheme. General category women will get Rs 1,500 (₹ 18,000 annually) and SC/ST beneficiaries will get Rs 1,700 (₹ 20,400 annually), an increase of Rs 500. This scheme focuses on economically empowering women.
A promise has also been made to provide a permanent house to every family and piped drinking water to every house. In health services, ‘Dwar Chikitsa’ camps will be organized in every block and city, so that medical facilities can reach the doorstep. In the education sector, under the ‘Banglar Shikshayatan’ initiative, emphasis will be laid on infrastructural upgradation of all government schools.
–IANS
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