In a no-holds-barred attack against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday accused her government of \u201clooting and torturing\u201d the people of the state to promote her party\u2019s own setup of \u201chooliganism\u201d <\/p>\n
Sitharaman also alleged that the state government is not \u201cproactive\u201d in attracting the industry, which is leading to a low per capita consumption expenditure for Bengal. <\/p>\n
\u201cMa, Mati, Manush<\/i> are under the illusion that they (State government) are working for them. But that is not true. All three (Ma, Mati, Manush<\/i>) are completely tortured and harassed to promote their own set of hooligan,\u201d Sitharaman said while speaking at an event, \u201cBisistha Nagarik Sammelan\u201d here.<\/p>\n
Ma Mati Manush<\/i> (Mother, Land and People) is a political slogan of the ruling Trinamool Congress.<\/p>\n
The Union Finance Minister alleged that all the \u201cbig scams\u201d during the TMC government have hit the poor people of the State very hard. \u201cThey are looting poor people\u2019s money,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Enforcement Directorate last year arrested State Minister Jyotipriya Mullick in a case related to alleged irregularities in the public distribution system. In connection with the alleged teacher recruitment scam, the ED had arrested the then state education minister Partha Chatterjee in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround 160 million midday meals have been robbed,\u201d the BJP leader said. Sitharaman accused the Trinamool Congress leader of \u201cvictim shaming\u201d in the Sandeshkhali issue. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe women, who went through this horrendous crime, were shamed. They (Trinamool leaders) said nothing happened. They told the victims that they were bluffing. I cannot believe this!\u201d the FM said. <\/p>\n
According to her, the Mamata Banerjee led government is not \u201cproactive\u201d in attracting industries in the state which has got deindustrialised. <\/p>\n
\u201cIndustries have gone out from here… but all of you would be equally aware that India\u2019s own big-ticket investments in chip manufacturing has gone to Assam. Bengal, which was the leader for industries, could not be proactive in attracting the industry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven till 2010, despite the communist here, net migration into Bengal was in the positive direction. But the gradual downward trend in gross capital formation has not been reversed after the TMC came into power (2011). <\/p>\n
You need to reverse it. You need to have capital formation here in Bengal. You don\u2019t even have a vibrant manufacturing sector any longer here purely because of policy flip flop, Mafia rule, tolabaji<\/i> and corruption,\u201d Sitharaman added.<\/p>\n