Trinamool KOLKATA :Black money scandal a broken BJP promise:

Trinamool Congress blamed the BJP-ruled Centre for playing the politics of blackmail on the black money scandal. “Who is the Government trying to protect in the black money scandal? Is it playing politics to blackmail the culprits? BJP ministers not being transparent,” Trinamool Congress said in a statement.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had targeted the BJP for raising the infiltration bogey, “Infiltration is a central subject. It is not our responsibility. Borders are manned by central agencies like Border Security Force or Seema Suraksha Bal — they are responsible for infiltration,” Mamata told reporters. “How much fencing has been completed on the borders? I personally remember that I had to write to Centre for a SSB guard at Pashupati market along the Bengal-Nepal border,” she added. “It is the Centre’s responsibility to check illegal migration. If any infiltration has taken place, it is their responsibility,” she said. Admitting that “some infiltration” has indeed taken place, she explained that the state government would take action whenever “we are informed”, but “they do not inform”.

The other issues on which Mamata had critised the Centre are:

1) 33,000 blocks country-wide which benefitted from the 100-day work scheme is being cut down to 2,000 odd. Why?

2) Rs 900-crore of NREGA funds is yet to be given to us.

3) JNNURM projects are non-functional for the want of a new name? Do we suffer due to it?

4) The land acquisition act was passed by the UPA-2; but the BJP government hasn’t framed rules. So land acquisition even for rehabilitation and railway work is stopped.

5) IAS-IPS officers are being given extension at Central posting without the state in loop.

6) The Centre has scrapped all UN-bound all-parry delegation even without informing the parliament.