Mamata Banerjee’s confrontational position at the cost of farmers’ suffering was worrying, he wrote.
Calcutta:
While Mamata Banerjee threatens to take to the streets in the confrontation between the center and the opposition over agricultural bills, the Governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar, in a harsh attack on the Chief Minister, accused her of “shedding tears of crocodile “by farmers after depriving them of benefits from a core scheme during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter to Mamata Banerjee that he posted on Twitter this morning, the governor accused the Trinamool congressional government of being inactive and lax regarding the prime minister’s Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme.
“Urge CM – Crocodile Tears will not ease farmer’s pain,” the governor tweeted along with the letter.
The Chief Minister’s confrontational position at the cost of the farmers’ suffering was worrying, he wrote.
He accused Mamata Banerjee of denying Rs 8.4 billion of benefits to 70 lakh farmers in Bengal by not participating in PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi. “So far, all farmers have lost 12,000 rupees which would have gone into their bank account,” he tweeted, adding that farmers in other parts of the country have “benefited enormously” from the scheme.
“Due to the inaction of Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal farmers have been denied the benefit of 30 billion rupees of a 3.5 crore package by the central government during the COVID pandemic,” tweeted the governor.
The governor’s mockery comes a day after Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP-led government at the center of rushing farm bills through parliament and bypassing all democratic rules about what she called “Black Sunday.” . Two of her party’s MPs, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, are among the eight Rajya Sabha members suspended after unprecedented chaos in the House over agricultural bills, which were passed by oral vote.
The members were suspended for their “rebellious behavior” after papers were torn in the house and thrown into the air, microphones pulled and a rule book thrown at Vice President Harivansh. Two members even got on a table. The opposition has now declared a boycott until the suspension is lifted. The parties have accused Harivansh of helping the government pass controversial legislation against all democratic rules.
Mamata Banerjee announced that her Trinamool Congress would protest starting Tuesday. “The way the farmers’ bills were passed, I mean, chi BJP chi (shame, BJP shame). The BJP is a shame on the country. Shame, BJP shame on the way they have snatched the farmers’ rights, “Banerjee told reporters.
“We will ring bells and blow conch shells and tell people we no longer need this BJP government. This BJP government has to go. This BJP government is a government of shame. This BJP central government is a ‘chi government. chi ‘”. “If people ask today, Emperor, where are your clothes, how will you answer,” he raged.
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