Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien “Factchecks” PM Modi to “Poriborton” Speech

Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien “Factchecks” PM Modi to “Poriborton” Speech

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Trinamool's Derek O'Brien 'Fact-Checks' PM Modi to 'Poriborton' Speech

Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien regularly checks attacks on Bengal’s ruling Trinamool (File)

Kolkata:

Trinamool MP Derek O’Brien “factually verified” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Hooghly, Bengal, on Monday night, refuting the allegations in which Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government were accused of corruption. Durga.

Hours earlier, the prime minister, who made his second visit to Bengal this month before the election in a few weeks’ time, inaugurated several railway projects – including the extension of the North-South line of Kolkata Metro – and said the people have to vote for “poriborton (change) “.

To claim that Bengal was not allowed to develop, Mr. O’Brien pointed out that the average income per person ‘has more than doubled – from Rs 51,543 in 2010 to Rs 1,09 lakh in 2019’.

Mr O’Brien also hit back at proposals that Bengal could not provide more people on duty due to the lack of industry. Rajya Sabha MP pointed out that today there are almost 89 lakhs of small businesses operating in Bengal, compared to 34.6 lakhs in 2012, employing 1.35 crore people.

Premier Modi also accused the Trinamool of not allowing Bengal farmers to take advantage of the center’s PM-Kisan scheme, and blocked Ayushman Bharat, the center’s medical insurance scheme.

On both counts, O’Brien said the state had already introduced schemes for farmers – which he said had tripled income in ten years – and medical insurance.

“Bengal provides annual financial assistance of 6 000 Rupo per acre to its farmers. PM-Kisan offers a maximum financial assistance of R2112 per acre,” he writes on the first point.

Mr O’Brien also pointed out, like Ms Banerjee last week, that the state had sent a list of 2.5 lakh farmers to be included in the centre’s scheme, but that no amount had been paid out so far. .

He said Swasthya Sathi was rolled out two years before Ayushman Bharat, who covered 100 per cent of the Bengali population and that the state costs were borne in full.

The Prime Minister also said that Trinamool is failing to provide drinking water to the people of Bengal; he said the center approved $ 1700 million, but only $ 609 million was spent.

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Mr O’Brien said a scheme drawn up by Banerjee was being implemented and would ‘supply pipe water to two households at a cost of Rs 58 000 million … borne by the state’.

He also claimed that the jute and potato industries in the state were affected.

The fact-checking also includes a list of state aid to puja committees, after the prime minister said people in Bengal had been stopped from worshiping the goddess Durga.

Earlier, Mr O’Brien also hit the prime minister over announcing new railway routes.

“Today the Prime Minister claims that he has started new railways in Bengal. Jhoot “Lie! Mamata Banerjee as Minister of Railways allocated the budget on 25 February 2011! See for yourself …” he tweeted and added a screenshot of what was apparently a release of the PIB dated 25 February 2011.

The Bengali visit of Prime Minister PM Modi was today part of a multi-state blitzkrieg organized by the BJP ahead of the elections in Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Bengal has emerged as a high target for the BJP, which has never ruled the government.

The run-up to the election is marked by mudslinging with poisoning, in part through the resignations of a large number of Trinamool MPs, MLAs and ministers, several of whom have joined the BJP.

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