“The relief materials are procured out of people’s tax money and not through the party’s fund. It is shameless politics”, he added.
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The West Bengal Chief Minister is now in Delhi to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss flood relief for her state.
On the Independence Day, Banerjee said, she has asked all clubs, organisations, MPs, MLAs, municipalities, corporations, gram panchayats, blocks and zilla parishads to organise a cleanliness drive for an hour from 11 AM keeping their vicinity and roads clean from garbage.
Banerjee is also likely to seek funds as interim assistance under the National Calamity Relief Fund.
She said the suspicion was raised after the recovery of about 100 kilograms of explosives in the Raghunathganj area of Murshidabad district, which sparked a security alert ahead of the Independence Day. Task forces have been formed and the situation is being monitored 24 hours. The project components include a cyclone forecasting and warning system and cyclone risk mitigation and capacity building multi-hazard risk management.
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Speaking to mediapersons at the state secretariat, Mamata said: “An alert has been sounded at airports, railway stations, important public places and all vital installations across the state”. The demand has not been accepted so far.An all-party meeting, though, is scheduled to be held at Nabanna on August 18.
