Trinamul to deploy battery of spokespersons to counter BJP
A senior Trinamnul Congress leader said the spokespersons will not only get in touch with the media but also to give reply to the allegations made by the BJP.
A senior Trinamnul Congress leader said the spokespersons will not only get in touch with the media but also to give reply to the allegations made by the BJP.
After rejection of 40,000 loan applications of highly skilled and innovative weavers and artisans
At the meeting, the state government insisted the banks introduce a 'doorstep banking' facility for verifying the credentials for issuing the life certificate of pensioners
Amit Mitra, principal chief advisor to the chief minister and the state finance department, said, "There is no direction of financial growth in this union budget. There is nothing for the poor and middle class. The income tax structure remains unchanged. The Centre's budget is either a hoax or a lack of goodwill."
"I now return to the misplaced euphoria among your government’s spokespersons on the GDP/GVA (gross value added) growth in Quarter-1 of this financial year. I would like to point out that the growth of GVA in Quarter-1 of this year represents a shortfall to the tune of 7.79 per cent compared to Quarter 1 of 2019-20. Therefore, I would request you to restrain your spin doctors so that the reality is stated with utter objectivity,”
Taking aim at the Centre for its bid to privatise LIC, Mr Mitra said that an effort was being made to sell stakes in LIC.
She even alleged that the Centre has deprived Bengal of around Rs 89 crore which could have helped the state in undertaking more development work.
State finance minister Amit Mitra in his Budget for 20-21 with an outlay of Rs 2,55,677 crore announced a host of social schemes especially for scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and tea garden workers.
Taking to Twitter, Miss Banerjee said: “I am shocked and appalled to see how the Central government plans to ambush the heritage and legacy of public institutions. It’s the end of sense of security. Is it also an end of an era?”
“We are now facing the worst situation with not only inflation on one side or stagnation on the other but both of them together. We have a sort of “stagflation” situation wherein the inflation rate is high, unemployment is the highest in 45 years and GDP is very low,” Mr Mitra said.
