TMC Hails SC Order To Restart 100-Day Job Scheme In West Bengal
“It was the politics of punishment driven by a Bangla-Birodhi Zamindari mindset that sought to starve Bengal into submission": Trinamul Congress
KOLKATA: The Supreme Court's order to the Centre on Monday to restart the 100-day job scheme in West Bengal has come as a shot in the arm of Trinamul Congress ahead of the Assembly Election next year. Welcoming the SC judgment, the TMC took a swipe at the BJP for not releasing the funds over the last three years.
It said, “The Supreme Court’s clear and unequivocal verdict marks the end of an unjust and politically motivated financial blockade. By withholding MGNREGA funds for over three years, the @narendramodi Government at the Centre deprived Bengal’s rural poor of their livelihoods in an act that defied both morality and constitutional propriety.”
According to TMC, “It was the politics of punishment driven by a Bangla-Birodhi Zamindari mindset that sought to starve Bengal into submission. The Court has said what Bengal has been saying all along, you can check, you can question, but you cannot choke people’s livelihoods in the name of oversight. The Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s verdict in its entirety, confirming Bengal’s stand as both legal and just.”
It added, “Under the determined leadership of Smt. @MamataOfficial and the tireless advocacy of Shri @abhishekaitc, this issue became a fight for constitutional rights for our people. The verdict is a triumph for justice and a defeat for the politics of hate and discrimination. The Centre must now comply without delay and release Bengal’s rightful dues to those it wronged.”
