Mamata Banerjee attacked BJP saying it will forget its promise of extending free ration for five years
As per report West bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on monday claimed that if the bjp wins next year’s lok sabha polls, it will forget its promise of extending free ration for five years. Accusing the Centre of taking all the money away in the name of GST and not giving the state’s share, she said if this bjp government continued to be in power, then it would take away everything from everyone.Meanwhile prime minister Narendra Modi had recently announced during a rally in chhattisgarh that the provision of free ration under the public distribution system will be extended for five years beyond December, benefitting around 80 crore people. Speaking at a public distribution program in Jalpaiguri district, the trinamool congress chief hit out at the saffron party for “failing” to keep its electoral promise of reopening five shut tea gardens in the darjeeling hills.She said her government will take over six closed tea gardens in Jalpaiguri district and provide a monthly aid to the workers. “With elections due in a few months, the PM is promising free ration. When they lose the election, they will be nowhere to keep their promise. And even if they win, they will forget their promise. What happened to their promise of transferring Rs 15 lakh to every citizen’s bank account?” she said.Banerjee junked Centre’s claims that the West bengal government was allocated more money for rural development schemes. “We thought that one nation, one tax would do good (to everyone). But now, we are seeing that they (the Centre) are taking away all the money and giving nothing to bengal,” she said.