Ex-Tripura CM demands white paper on debt burden inherited from Left Front rule
Agartala Mar 24 PTI Leader of Opposition in Tripura Assembly Manik Sarkar on Thursday said the BJP-IPFT government should publish a white paper informing the people about how the present dispensation tackled the debt burden inherited from the previous regimeThe BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in the north-eastern state in 2018 by ending 25 years of CPIM-led Left Front ruleA document on the states debt burden to the tune of Rs 11000 crore was brought out by the BJP-IPFT government after it came to power in March 2018The present government had tabled two back to back zero deficit Budgets in the Assembly in its first two fiscals Had the previous government not left anything the present government would not have presented zero deficit Budgets for two consecutive years Sarkar a former chief minister saidSpeaking to journalists at his chamber in the state assembly Sarkar said the Budget for the 2022-23 FY that was presented in the House shows a deficit of Rs 56952 croreThe people of the state want the present government to unveil a white paper on how it offset the debt burden of the erstwhile regime and presented zero deficit budgets for two consecutive years he saidThe former chief minister also alleged the present government has removed around 50000 beneficiaries from the list of various social pensionsTherefore enhancing the amount of social pension to Rs 2000 for the downtrodden is not a big deal because around half a lakh beneficiaries are already denied of the benefit he pointed outCriticising the government for ignoring the aspirations of youth and government employees the Left leader said There is no mention about fresh appointment in government departments It seems the Budget declared a war against job aspirants In the past four years of the BJP regime 150 lakh employees have received DA only three times Earlier they used to get it twice in a year The erratic release of DA has widened the gap of DA between employees of the Central government and the stateAround 25- 28 per cent DA is pending for state government employees Sarkar claimedHe also expressed dismay as the five-day Budget session passed as many as ten BillsOur MLAs wanted to send at least two Bills to the select committee for further discussion but all the bills were passed riding on the strength of the Treasury Bench he added PTI PS MM MM
Agartala Mar 24 PTI Leader of Opposition in Tripura Assembly Manik Sarkar on Thursday said the BJP-IPFT government should publish a white paper informing the people about how the present dispensation tackled the debt burden inherited from the previous regimeThe BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in the north-eastern state in 2018 by ending 25 years of CPIM-led Left Front ruleA document on the states debt burden to the tune of Rs 11000 crore was brought out by the BJP-IPFT government after it came to power in March 2018The present government had tabled two back to back zero deficit Budgets in the Assembly in its first two fiscals Had the previous government not left anything the present government would not have presented zero deficit Budgets for two consecutive years Sarkar a former chief minister saidSpeaking to journalists at his chamber in the state assembly Sarkar said the Budget for the 2022-23 FY that was presented in the House shows a deficit of Rs 56952 croreThe people of the state want the present government to unveil a white paper on how it offset the debt burden of the erstwhile regime and presented zero deficit budgets for two consecutive years he saidThe former chief minister also alleged the present government has removed around 50000 beneficiaries from the list of various social pensionsTherefore enhancing the amount of social pension to Rs 2000 for the downtrodden is not a big deal because around half a lakh beneficiaries are already denied of the benefit he pointed outCriticising the government for ignoring the aspirations of youth and government employees the Left leader said There is no mention about fresh appointment in government departments It seems the Budget declared a war against job aspirants In the past four years of the BJP regime 150 lakh employees have received DA only three times Earlier they used to get it twice in a year The erratic release of DA has widened the gap of DA between employees of the Central government and the stateAround 25- 28 per cent DA is pending for state government employees Sarkar claimedHe also expressed dismay as the five-day Budget session passed as many as ten BillsOur MLAs wanted to send at least two Bills to the select committee for further discussion but all the bills were passed riding on the strength of the Treasury Bench he added PTI PS MM MM
