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Bengal faces financial meltdown, says Guv, asks TMC to issue white paper | Kolkata
Calcutta: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said the state was facing a financial collapse as he demanded an emergency cabinet meeting and asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led government to bring out a white paper on the state’s financial situation.
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“Considering the gravity of the economic scenario in the state, the Governor appeals to the Chief Minister for the authority conferred on him by Article 167 of the Constitution read with Rule 30 of the Business Rules for West Bengal framed under Article 166 of the Constitution, to present a comprehensive report on the financial position of the state to the council of ministers and issue a white paper for the information of the people of the state,” said a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Saturday evening.
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The statement came after Bose met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday in Delhi.
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“Those who waste public money should pay for it. Corruption, violence, excessive spending and misappropriation of public money are the three characteristics of the current (state) government and this has put Bengal in a quagmire and a financial black hole”, the statement further reads.
The TMC reacted by saying that Bose was staging a drama to divert attention from some controversies.
“He went to give flowers to the woman who is depriving West Bengal on the orders of the Chief Minister. He should have asked the Centre to release the funds. He is not discharging his duties as the Governor of the state. Instead, in a bid to cover up some controversial issues, he is staging a drama,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told the media.
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