Mamata Banerjee to skip Trinamool Congress' upcoming protest in Delhi
India TodayWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not be attending Trinamool Congress' protest in Delhi over the denial of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to the state. Abhisesk Banerjee will be in charge of that," Bengal Minister Sovon Deb Chatterjee told India Today. TMC leader Derek O'Brien had written to the Delhi Police requesting permission for the party to set up andals or tents and arrange accommodation or night stay for about 50,000 people at Ramlila Maidan from September 30 to October 4. "With reference to my letter dated August 30 and August 31, 2023 requesting permission for the All India Trinamool Congress to set up pandals or tents and arrange accommodation or night stay for about 50,000 people at Ramlila Maidan from September 30 to October 4, 2023 for MGNREGA workers from Bengal who will be holding dharna at different locations in Delhi," he had written.