Bengal

XKolkata: After the BJP-led Centre failed to publish a white paper on allocations of funds to Bengal under MGNREGA and Awas Yojana even after 636 days elapsed since Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had demanded for the release of it, the MPs of the ruling party in Bengal staged protest in the Parliament complex on Wednesday, holding up blank sheets of paper.

Trinamool Congress protest in the national capital was a symbolic push for what they say the Centre has refused to provide for nearly two years: a detailed white paper on funds allocated to Bengal. Abhishek Banerjee, in March 2024, threw a challenge at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah to release a white paper on the allocations of funds to Bengal. He had also c

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