Kolkata: TMC stages protest against central government 'withholding funds'

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 5 : The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday staged a protest in Kolkata against the central government alleging inadequate disbursement of funds for MGNREGA and other social security schemes for West Bengal.
TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several other TMC leaders participated in the protest near the Raj Bhavan.
Speaking at the protest, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being a "pathological liar".
"This protest will continue. The way they have withheld the money of the people (100 days of employment) the protest will continue against it. Narendra Modi is a vindictive leader. BJP is a pathological liar. They do not know how to speak anything except lies. What can I do?" Banerjee said while speaking to ANI.
TMC leader Babul Supriyo said that the protest is not limited to the party alone but that of the people of the state.
"The people of West Bengal have joined TMC in this protest. This is not just a protest of TMC workers but the people of the state. These are the people who have been deprived of their money (100 days of employment) under MGNREGA," Supriyo said while speaking to ANI.
Supriyo said that the central government can conduct audits but blocking the transfer of money is wrong.
"So many teams were sent here. They have not seen anything. If you have seen anything suspicious you are free to do an audit, there's no problem with that...., but blocking the entire amount for the poor is not done," the TMC leader said.
Hitting at the BJP for stooping to such low-level politics, Supriyo said, "People will make them lose for their anti-people stance. I have been in the opposition, but I have never stooped to such low-level politics."
Meanwhile, TMC MP Santanu Sen said that common people have joined the protest to fight for their rights.
"Everyone saw how TMC leaders protesting for the rights of the people of West Bengal were treated. The minister ran away and we were beaten by the police and arrested. The common man of Bengal has gathered here for today's program to fight for their rights," Sen said speaking to ANI.
Speaking on the allegations of scams put forth by the BJP, the TMC leader said, "They say so (scams) on everything. If there has been a scam why did you not file an FIR?"
Meanwhile, black flags were shown to the cavalcade of Governor CV Ananda Bose in Siliguri.
The TMC held a mega protest in the national capital against the central government on October 2 and 3.