TMC’s indefinite sit-in outside Raj Bhavan enters third day, delegation to meet Governor in Darjeeling
The Hindu
TMC activists led by Abhishek Banerjee continue sit-in protest outside Raj Bhavan, Kolkata, demanding release of MGNREGA dues by Centre and audience with Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. Governor agrees to meet TMC delegation in Darjeeling, but Banerjee insists on meeting at protest site. TMC delegation of 3 members to meet Governor in Gubernatorial Mansion at 5.30 pm. Banerjee and hundreds of party workers remain at protest site for 3 days.
The indefinite sit-in demonstration outside Raj Bhavan by TMC activists led by senior leader Abhishek Banerjee entered the third day with protesters asserting their stir will continue till Governor C.V. Ananda Bose meets them at the protest site even as a team of agitators will call on him in Darjeeling on Saturday.
Raj Bhavan sources said Mr. Bose has agreed to meet the delegation in Darjeeling's Gubernatorial Mansion at 5.30 p.m. after receiving an email request from TMC leader Derek O'Brien.
The Governor's decision to meet the delegation comes in the wake of the TMC sit-in led by Mr. Banerjee demanding the release of West Bengal's MGNREGA dues by the Centre and demanding an audience with Mr. Bose.
Mr. Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary, however, said that the stir will continue till Mr. Bose meets the agitators at the protest site outside the Raj Bhavan.
Mr. Banerjee said the TMC's three-member delegation would consist of State Panchayat Minister Pradip Mazumdar and Lok Sabha MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra.
The TMC national general secretary started the sit-in protest on Thursday after a large number of party members and senior leaders marched to the historic British-era building to protest the alleged withholding of West Bengal's MGNREGA dues by the Centre.
He has remained at the protest site through the last two nights as did hundreds of party workers and held meetings with them.
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