Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The BJP’s emergence as the new government of West Bengal, ending the 15-year Trinamool Congress rule, has cleared uncertainties over the future of a number of centrally-sponsored schemes that had not been implemented so far by the state administration and outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Now, as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his pre-election rallies, these centrally sponsored schemes will be implemented fully, the most important of which is the health…
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Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Shatrughan Sinha, popularly known as “Shotgun”, on Tuesday, launched a scathing attack on the Central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the recent administrative reshuffle in West Bengal and the alleged deletion of millions of names from the voter list. Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Trinamool Congress MP asserted that a Maharashtra or Bihar-style game would not work in West Bengal.He termed the report…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) A purported video of suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bharatpur Assembly, Humayun Kabir, alleging rampant corruption in ‘Swasthya Sathi’, the West Bengal government’s health insurance scheme, has gone viral on social media.In the video, Kabir was heard claiming that under this scheme, private hospitals and nursing homes were inflating hospital bills of Rs 5,000 ten times to Rs 50,000 and then routing the bills through the State Health Department.He also alle…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) West Bengal BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP, Samik Bhattacharya, on Monday, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) at the Calcutta High Court demanding implementation of Ayushman Bharat, the health insurance scheme of the Union government, in the state. State BJP president in Bengal files PIL at Calcutta HC demanding the implementation of Ayushman Bharat in the stateKolkata, Dec 22 (IANS): State BJP president in West Bengal and the party Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhatta…