The Chief Minister also questioned the timing of the move, asking why the government delayed action for nearly three years after the bill’s passage in September 2023 and then chose to push it when several states are heading into elections.
With the revision, the monthly honorarium for both categories has been increased to Rs. 2,000.
PM Modi asserted that the countdown has begun for those who brought jungle raj to Bengal. He said, the day is not far when the rule of law will return to Bengal.
The Prime Minister further alleged that the state government’s actions led to mismanagement of the event and amounted to an affront to the President, the Constitution and democratic traditions.
Delhi CM alleged that the state government had failed to show due respect to the country’s constitutional head.
Union Minister Annapurna Devi sharply criticised the state government, saying the incident was “unfortunate” and reflected poorly on the administration.
Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Tarlochan Singh has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to declare "Komagata Maru" Martyrs' Day on September 29, to commemorate those Sikhs who were shot dead, after they disembarked the ship at Budge Budge Ghat, Kolkata, during 1914.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched the portal on Tuesday at Deshapriya Park in the city after paying homage to martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for their mother tongue in Bangladesh.
Miss Banerjee even slammed the Centre for sending teams to Bengal saying such teams should have instead been sent to Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. “No inquiry was held into how dead bodies were illegally immersed in the river, there was no record of Covid deaths and how 22 people died due to lack of oxygen during mock drill. Instead, teams are sent here.
Tarun Sen sent to judicial custody, will be produced in court again on 26 July
