India News | TMC Urges Guv to Act on Unpaid MGNREGA Wages, Calls for Centre's Clarity .
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The TMC on Monday met West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose in the Raj Bhavan here and urged him to fulfill his "solemn responsibility" by addressing the problem of unpaid wages for MGNREGA job card holders and to write to the Centre for clarification on the issue.
Kolkata, Oct 9 (PTI) The TMC on Monday met West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose in the Raj Bhavan here and urged him to fulfill his "solemn responsibility" by addressing the problem of unpaid wages for MGNREGA job card holders and to write to the Centre for clarification on the issue.
Bose assured a Trinamool Congress delegation led by party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee that he will take up with the Centre the issue of MGNREGA dues to the state, an official said.
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He also told the TMC delegates that he will do whatever is required for the welfare of the people of Bengal, the official said.
The appeal by the ruling party and the assurance by the governor were made during a 20-minute meeting between Bose and a 30-member TMC delegation led by the party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held to discuss the non-payment of wages to MGNREGA job card holders.
The meeting was held as demanded by the party earlier. "The delegation headed by Abhishek Banerjee called on the governor at the Raj Bhavan at 4 PM and submitted a memorandum on MGNREGA. The governor gave a patient hearing and said the matter will be brought to the notice of the government of India and whatever is required for the welfare of the people of Bengal will be done," the official said.
The party in its memorandum to Bose said, "Your Excellency, as the constitutional head of the state, it is your solemn responsibility to help resolve the long-pending issue of non-payment of wages to more than 21 lakh deprived men and women of Bengal who have earned an honest living."
The party raised two other key issues - the reason for withholding wages for the past two years and that Bose as the governor must safeguard the interests of both the state and its people.
"Your Excellency, we look to you, as the Governor of this state, to safeguard the interests of both the state and its people. Over the last two years, our sustained efforts to reach out to all levels of the union government to recover the funds owed by it have been met with zero action and 'Zamindari Culture'," the memorandum stated.
The TMC delegation appealed to Bose to promptly address the matter by urgently writing to the Centre to seek clarity on the issue.
"Thereafter we can continue our mission to ensure that justice is served to the victims who have been unjustly denied their hard-earned rightful dues," the memorandum concluded.
Earlier in the day, the TMC hailed Bose's decision to meet the party delegates as "people's victory," evident in the ongoing indefinite sit-in outside Raj Bhavan, which has entered its fifth day.
The sit-in is aimed at pressuring the Centre to clear the MGNREGA dues owed to the state. --
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