AGARTALA, Nov 14 (TIWN): Before Modi Govt came in power 1400 crores of funds came in Tripura just for MGNREGA and by those funds, not only 100-days works but from flower gardens to fruit gardens, water-bodies and all developments held under the previous Left Govt, said former MP Jitendra Choudhury while addressing in farmers rally on Wednesday.“Since Modi Govt came in power, this fund from Rs. 1400 crores gradually turned Rs. 400 cores depriving people of Tripura with thousand crores”, he said.Jitendra Choudhury then explained how BJP occupied all the Panchayats by force and now there is no record of expenditures but the online data of few works show that BJP’s Mandal-leader, Morcha leaders are the main beneficiaries.“Those Mandal leaders never go to the field but enjoying 90 to 98 days of mandays but the people who deserve them, they left without any benefits. Hardly 36 days of works are given to them which are also paid not properly. It means from 1400 crores first it was slashed in 400 crores and now those 400 crores are enjoyed by the BJP mandal leaders”, he added.

The BJP came in power ensuring 200 days of works, once the party is voted to power, but resulted a drop of around 50% MGNREGA percentage. Apart from MGNREGA, various works under Government depts have too decreased leading a crisis in the rural and ADC areas.

Ahead of yesterday’s massive farmers’ protest., the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has alleged  massive corruption in MGNREGA works and mandays distribution along with deprivation to the largest section of people opts for MGNREGA works. Communist leader Narayan Kar has taken a dig at the BJP Govt for its drastic drop in MGNREGA works, saying from 200 days promise of MGNREGA works, the BJP came in power whereas today in last 19 months only 35 days of average works were given. He also mentioned, those works were maximum done by machines and thus human labour was less invested led the crisis of MGNREGA works in the rural bodies. Narayan Kar alleged, the true MGNREGA workers are paid less, whereas the Mandal and other wings activists of the BJP are earning more in MGNREGA. Kar also asked, why the BJP before the Election promised Rs. 340 wage in MGNREGA and other works, when it is now at reduction of mandays percentage ?

Narayan Kar said, not only MGNREGA, but in Left Govt’s time there were many Govt works which were given to strengthen the rural economy, but due to drops in all these works, people are suffering worst and the rural economy has gone at the verge of destruction.

Farmers’ situations are pathetic and many existing facilities are withdrawn from the farmers’ benefits list.

“Unless enough works will be given to the people, rural economy can not be stable in the far future. Today the rural economy is totally collapsed”, said Narayan Kar.

On April 7, 2019 media reported that MGNREGA mandays fell from 90% to 33% in Tripura in a comparison to the previous Left Govt, whereas unemployment problem has become triple.