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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the release of pending financial dues to the state by the Centre.
In the letter, Banerjee said her government will give ration to the people with its own funds and asserted that it did not “trust” the central government for the same.
According to sources, the West Bengal government has stated that the Centre did not release Rs 7,000 crore as funds for the ration of the state. They said that the state government will give rice, wheat and other ration items to the poor throughout the year by using its funds.
On December 20, 2023, Banerjee met PM Modi in Delhi and held a discussion with him over the release of pending central funds to West Bengal.
Banerjee, in the letter, said as per the directives of the Centre, the state government did not accept the colour and logo adopted for educational institutions.
“Recently, every state has been sent guidelines by the Centre to use other colours and government logos in educational institutions. In this case, the educational institutions run on state government funds,” she said.
She stated that universities were self-governing and that the government could not unnecessarily interfere in it. She also said that such a decision could not be accepted in any way.
Banerjee wrote that the central government was changing the colour of its offices in the state. She said the Railways had been changing the colour of the metro stations.
Meanwhile, a response was yet to be given from the Prime Minister’s Office.
