Sunday, February 10, 2013

How honest is Mamata? Central fund diverted for "Mati Utsav"



Mamata’s own book “My Unforgettable Memories” published in the 2012 Kolkata Book Fair. The English is horrible, but one must read this book to know her extreme love for “falsehood and dishonesty” under the cover of the propaganda for “truth and honesty”. Question after question under section 6(i) of The Right To Information Act, 2005 to the Govt. during the last 6 (six) 
months and personal and confidential letters to her, but always being stone-walled either by “refusing to answer the questions” or by “not sending any answer”. Each letter having been sent to both her party addresses (i) at the Trinamool Bhaban atTopsia and (ii) the one attached to her Kalighat residence, both having been built/expanded unlawfully.

She has claimed at page 21 of her book “MyUnforgettable Memories” that as per her School Final Examination Certificate she was only 6 months younger to her elder brother Ajit, as told by Ajit himself. This is untenable as per the Voters’ List of 2005 where Mamata at Sl. No. 873 is shown to be 49 years of age and Ajit at Sl.No. 882 is shown to be 51 years of age which means a clear gap of morethan 1 (one) year at least. The lady not only talks and writes too much, but also lies more often than not. The Deccan Hearld, a very popular newspaper of South India has raised a question on her age, claiming that she first became an M.P. in 1984when she was under-aged for Loksabha Election as per law of the land.


Central funds diverted for Mati Utsav


KOLKATA: Nothing seems to deter chief minister MamataBanerjee from having her way. Despite criticism that her debt-strapped government was squandering funds by organising fairs and festivals, the CM is said to have asked the agriculture department to generate funds for the MatiUtsav.

Accordingly, the department decided to allocate lakhs of rupees from the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) - the central scheme that came into being during the Eleventh Plan for achieving a 4% growth rate in agriculture and allied sectors. Inquiries at Writers' Buildings revealed the agriculture department had to allocate funds under the plan heads to sponsor the earth festival.

In the last one week, nearly a crore of the Rs 2 crore spent on Mati Utsav came from RKVY funds. The money was sent to the account of Panagarh Panchayat Samity.

Officials in the state agriculture department revealed that the money was released from the contingency account for the RKVY scheme. Plan funds were being utilised by the state animal resource development (ARD) and water resource investigation departments under the RKVY scheme, they added.

Recently, the Left had accused the chief minister of fiscal indiscipline by diverting funds under plan head in organising events and doling out cash. Not very long ago, the CM had distributed Rs 40.09 crore to 2,395 clubs and promised to keep the handout "project" alive for five years. This disbursal, too, was routed through the plan head of the sports department.


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