Abhishek meets Ranjit Mallick, lists state’s developmental work

Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today visited veteran actor Ranjit Mallick residence and presented him with a copy of Unnayaner Panchali, which details government’s development works and the schemes that introduced in various sectors like social security, healthcare, education, infrastructure, tourism, and agriculture in the last 15 years.

After his meeting, Abhishek, speaking to the media said, “His [Ranjit Mallick] films that I have watched were mostly released before my birth. His contributions towards the Bengali film industry will remain written in history in golden letters for the coming centuries. I came here to hand him the report card of our government. The State government had to work under tremendous financial stress, especially in the last five years, as a section of the judiciary and central agencies have been used against Bengal and the state’s rightful dues have not been cleared. Funds worth Rs 2 lakh crore have been blocked by the Centre. Despite that, infrastructure development, Lakshmir Bhandar, and Swastha Sathi have been implemented by the state government.”

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He said that during the CPI-M tenure, state government employees did not receive their salaries. The CPI-M could not solve this issue despite the fact that they were not subjected to such financial deprivation. The central government is giving us step-motherly treatment.

Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhay also accompanied Abhishek. “We had a detailed conversation with Ranjit Mallick, and he appreciated our efforts,” said the Diamond Harbour MP.