Abhishek Banerjee Reaches Delhi, Ahead of TMC Protests Against MNREGA Funds

TMC Protests In Delhi: Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Sunday ahead of Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) planned protest against the denial of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) and housing scheme funds to the West Bengal government in the national capital.

As part of TMC’s protest, 49 busloads of party supporters are slated to reach Delhi on Monday. The TMC will hold a peaceful sit-in by its MPs and state ministers at Rajghat on October 2 and a peaceful rally of the MGNREGA job card holders the next day, informed party officials. Both programmes will be live-streamed.

The buses were mobilised by the party after the Indian Railways refused to rent out special trains to take the workers to Delhi pleading unavailability of rakes. The TMC claimed the denial of trains as well as cancellations of a flight to Delhi were part of an attempt by the ruling BJP party to scuttle its demonstration.