FACT: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today publicly expressed displeasure at the Centre’s delay in releasing funds and its nudge to find ways to raise resources for her cash-strapped government, On July 21, addressing her party workers at the Brigade Parade Grounds, Mamata had first made public her displeasure at the Centre’s delay in releasing funds.saying she was not “taking this well”. She described Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s reported criticism of the state’s performance on finance as “unacceptable” and as “an insult to Bengal”. “The Prime Minister had promised a special package for Bengal. We are not begging for favours,” she said, adding she was still waiting for the Centre’s promised Rs 3,000 crore for Jungle Mahal and Darjeeling. “If a child faces any problem, if a child is physically challenged, the parents have to take extra care. There is nothing wrong in it. We are asking for our due,” Mamata said. (telegraphindia.com July 31 2011)OWL WATCH: Is Didi trying to project herself as a “physically challenged” kid of the central government? If it is so, the central government had given some extra care by giving proportionately more portfolios and ministries to her. Didi is the most powerful ally in the central government now. She is gaming politics in the name of development. Didi is insulting the people of Bengal and making them fool.
