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Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Union authorities of abandoning the radical of West Bengal successful their hr of need, the Trinamool Congress connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) said that Centre not releasing funds to the State amounts to deliberate fiscal strangulation.
The West Bengal’s ruling enactment said that portion funds person been made disposable to Maharashtra and Karnataka to douse their flood crisis, yet near nutrient ravaged West Bengal has been near retired successful the cold.
“The Modi-Shah harvester is weaponising national funds arsenic revenge for the humiliation they suffered successful Bengal successful 2021. While the Centre released ₹13,603.20 crore from SDRF and ₹2,189.28 crore from NDRF to different states this year, Bengal remains conspicuously absent from that list. Political spite is being practised successful the sanction of governance,’ the TMC posted connected societal media
Floods triggered by torrential rains had ravaged respective districts of North Bengal connected October 5, leaving much than 30 dormant and thousands displaced. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had visited the portion twice, oversaw rescue and alleviation operations and accused the State BJP enactment of indulging successful authorities alternatively of lasting by the people.
“While North Bengal reels from catastrophic floods and landslides that person ravaged lives, homes and livelihoods, the Centre sits silent, refusing adjacent a azygous rupee of alleviation to our state. HM @AmitShah rushed ₹1,950.80 crore to Maharashtra and Karnataka to douse their flood crisis, yet near Bengal retired successful the cold,” the TMC said.
The complaint against the Union Government comes months earlier the Assembly polls successful the State which is scheduled successful 2026. Over the past respective years the Trinamool Congress has accused the Centre of not releasing funds owed to the state. The Chief Minister has repeatedly raised the contented and has adjacent written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected respective occasions demanding the merchandise of funds to the State. Several cardinal schemes similar MGNREGA person travel to a halt successful the State aft the Union authorities has stopped releasing funds connected allegations of corruption successful the implementation of the schemes.
The Trinamool Congress has described the non merchandise of funds arsenic a “deliberate fiscal strangulation” and a “cruel, calculated effort to marque mean citizens wage the terms for their antiauthoritarian choice”. “The measurement motherly attraction you mete retired contiguous volition beryllium repaid with the aforesaid medicine astatine the ballot box,” the West Bengal ruling enactment said.
Responding to the charge, State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said that determination person been respective instances wherever funds released by the Centre person been looted successful the State. Mr. Bhattacharya besides added that funds to respective schemes person besides been lying utilised by the West Bengal government.
