Mamata on why she's driving Bharat Nirman

March 01, 2014 21:45

Hitting out at the Centre for giving large advertisements on its achievements, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed that it was the West Bengal government which was carrying out development though lacking funds.

"Who did it? West Bengal? Isn't it?," Banerjee asked.

Giving the example of polio, she said that the last polio case was detected in the state 3 to 4 years ago after which her state government eradicated it.

"There is no case now from here and that is why India got the polio-free certificate. The credit must go to West Bengal," Banerjee said at the state secretariat, Nabanna launching a slew of development programmes.

"It has shown how to carry forward development work without money. We have created models like fair price medicine shops and diagnostic centres," she said dwelling on the Centre taking away Rs 70,000 crore in interest on loans taken by the previous Left Front government.

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