A party that rules Delhi only wants disruption: CM
On Monday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that some political parties have only been trying to "create a negative image" of West Bengal and are "ignoring" the achievements of her Trinamool Congress (TMC) government.
She also attacked a "section of media" that alleged that they pander to these by giving out "selective information".
Addressing a program for distribution of appointment letters to beneficiaries of the "Utkarsha Bangla" scheme, the TMC supremo said that the critics "disregard the strides made by her government in skill development and MSME sector which employs over one crore people".
According to the information, she claimed that the employment rate decreased by 45 per cent elsewhere in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21, but West Bengal was able to create 40 per cent more jobs at that time.
Some people are trying to derail the projects as they don't want Bengal to prosper. We want development to protect the interest of landowners and farmers. We have always given priority to the interest of farmers but we also want industries to grow," Mamata added.
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