Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday attacked the Centre for “doing nothing about the rising petrol and diesel prices" and allowing the people of India to suffer the brunt of inflation causedby the dearer fuel.
“The Centre has raised Rs 4 lakh crore on account of rising petrol anddiesel prices … rising petro prices has halted all the Government’sprojects … it has adversely affected farmers ... how the farmers will carry out their agriculture if the diesel prices continue to go up like this … but they will do nothing to address this problem … let alone fuel prices … they are not even giving enough vaccines which is why our vaccination drive is getting hurt,” Banerjee told an audience.
Claiming that her Government had done everything envisioned by the great icons like Tagore, Vidya Sagar, Nazrul and others Banerjee said “Bengal has truly implemented the pro-people programmes … today it has set an example before the whole world on implementation of social welfare schemes … in economic sector we are developing rapidly and soon become a frontline State.”
