Stating that her government will not pay interest on loans taken from the Centre, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Saturday that she will ask the masses to march to Delhi, if the Centre does not concede her demand for a three-year-moratorium on interest payments.
“I want to tell Delhi [the Centre] that they should not neglect the interest of the people of Bengal. If required I will urge the people of the State to march to Delhi. We will not pay interest,” she said, addressing a huge public rally organised by the Trinamool in the city. .
Ms. Banerjee said that she does not want any money or special package for West Bengal, but only the three-year moratorium on interest payments.
“We will wait for some more days. I will be grateful if I get it. Else, all our 28 MPs along with 186 MLAs and four legislators of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha will go to the Prime Minister,” she said adding that the State’s people are not begging for anything from the Centre.
Claiming that all the revenue generated by the State is being taken away by the Centre, she said her party will not allow “people’s rights to be snatched away.”
“People of Bengal have the strength to go to Delhi and make them concede our demands,” she said.
Ms. Banerjee said that till now the Trinamool had fought the ‘anarchy’ of the previous government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). But now the party’s struggle will be against the “Centre’s deprivation,” she said.
She said that since her government’s tenure began, she and the State's Finance Minister Amit Mitra had repeatedly requested the Centre and visited Delhi a number of times. She also blamed the Centre for allowing the previous Left Front government to borrow heavily, which had resulted in the present financial crisis.
Ms. Banerjee urged her supporters to explain to the people that if the State government had Rs. 22,000 crore in its account, Rs. 25,000 crore would go for loan repayment.
She reiterated that her government inherited a debt burden worth Rs. 2.03 lakh crore from the previous Left Front government and despite financial constraints, it was working for the people through a number of development plans, which were getting hampered due to the funds crunch.
It is the duty of any government to honour the acts , omissions and
comissions of the previous government as per the international norms .
If mamata's logic is followed by the common man , then who ever has
taken loan - for education , purchase of homes , cars etc can refuse to
pay interest citing the example of Mamata didi .
Dear Ms Mamta Banerjee, As a citizen of the country, i am very amused by your behaviour. You prevented FDI in retail and attacked centre. You blundered when the PM was out in Bangladesh. You accused Media. After all these you are constantly requesting the centre and blaming the left for your inefficient management skills. It is high time you stop showing everybody around you as predators and you as a saviour. Concentrate more on development and increasing the revenue. Nobody is going to accept reasons at the end of your term. History is only going to speak about your development and not going to take your excuses. Please be a little more flexible and shed ego down and listen to sensible in your cabinet. You killed the efficient Dinesh Trivedi just to satisfy your ego. It would be more matured if you concentrate on the progress of WB and improve the socio economic situation in WB than playing politics.
So why doesn't this lady show prudence and cooperate with the Centre,
if she's so much interested in the welfare of the West Bengal State?
Why is she always on a confrontational path? Even when the country
was on the verge of entering into various agreements with a
neighbouring country, this lady was foolhardy enough to let down and
embarass her own partners. I have a feeling, she will let down the
people of the State with her shortsightedness and narrow mindedness.
The country is still waiting for a second Green Revolution from the
East. This lady doesn't seem to be moving the State anywhere in that
direction.
What a show of complete lack of leadership qualities! She has to save her from herself -not
from any one else.!'
Does this mean, common man can stop paying interest on the loans he has taken?
No Moola with Dadagiri Didi? 2.03 Lakh crores loan, blame it on the
previous guy. Why don't you cut short the freebies that make you look
good and start working on paying the Rich centre or ask your UPA partners
in crime to share some money from the 2G Scam, that will probably give
you one year to work with, but after that?
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