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While addressing a public rally in West Bengal's Purbasthali, BJP's national President JP Nadda dubbed the TMC as a party that stands for ‘Terror, Mafia, and Corruption.’ Nadda on Sunday accused the TMC of committing 'massive' irregularities in the implementation of the PM Awas Yojana in West Bengal. Claiming that the state has been brought to a 'standstill' under the …

A team from the Union rural development ministry probing irregularities in the selection of applicants for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana housing scheme in West Bengal villages has found that more than 20 families applied for the scheme in Bihar as well, according to state officials. A team touring West Bengal’s Malda district found these families in the Mahanandatola area, …

Mamata Banerjee targets BJP as central team probes PMAY irregularities in Bengal

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday when a Union rural development ministry team arrived in the state to probe irregularities in selection of applicants for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana housing scheme for the poor. Divided into two groups, the officers reached Malda and East Midnapore districts where political agitations triggered by thousands …

TMC, BJP lock horns as Central teams visit Bengal to look into PMAY ‘irregularities’

The Central teams' visit to West Bengal to look into complaints of irregularities in the allotment of houses under PMAY on Thursday sparked off a war of words between the TMC and BJP. The ruling TMC termed the visits by the Central teams to Malda and East Midnapore districts as "political vendetta" by the BJP-led government at the Centre. Chief …