Kolkata:
Tension erupted in part of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district over lists of beneficiaries within the state’s housing scheme. The Trinamool Congress authorities has introduced that it could construct new properties after a tussle with the Union authorities over the funding of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
Alapan Banerjee, the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister addressed the media on this concern on the state secretariat, Nabanna, this night.
Amid allegations of nepotism and corruption, the state has ordered re-verification of housing scheme beneficiaries. For this, the secretariat has issued new pointers.
The state authorities has determined to confirm knowledge to rethink the names omitted from the record of beneficiaries.
On Wednesday, there was pressure between two factions of Trinamool Congress in South 24 Parganas district’s Gosaba-Bali space.
This got here a day after locals and a faction of the Trinamool Congress staff held protests in entrance of the Sundarbans Development Minister, accusing him and the native MLA of corruption within the strategy of making ready lists of beneficiaries of the housing scheme.
Violent protests erupted within the space and several other motorbikes had been torched.
On Wednesday night Alapan Banerjee advised reporters, “Since the Central authorities will not be giving any fund, the state is doing the survey so correct lists might be given to the centre concerning housing scheme”.
“There was a scheme underneath which the Central authorities would give 60 per cent, and state would give 40 per cent however for the reason that Centre will not be giving something, the state is doing the survey in order that the state can present an Awas Yojana.”
Trinamool chief Kunal Ghosh mentioned, “Now the BJP is making an attempt their finest to cease work. They need to punish the folks of Bengal. Seeing Mamata Banerjee working for the poor folks of Bengal, BJP is making an attempt to defame her. Distribution of homes shall be achieved part clever”.
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari retaliated, alleging a “false record” is being ready by the state authorities “to get some cash”.