"Will BJP": Trinamool Refutes Meghalaya Chief Minister's "Outsider Tag"
NDTV
Unveiling the manifesto in Shillong, senior Trinamool leader and Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee said the party will honour its pledges within 100 days of coming to power.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, contesting its maiden election in Meghalaya, announced a 10-point manifesto today and refuted the "outsider" tag bestowed on it yesterday by Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. Trinamool's manifesto focusses not only on the contentious borer issue with Assam but also social security and healthcare for all, and 1000-rupee monthly allowance for women and the unemployed. The party has also promised 3 lakh jobs and job card for tourism sector professionals.
Unveiling the manifesto in Shillong, senior Trinamool leader and Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee said the party will honour its pledges within 100 days of coming to power. "We will ensure a double-digit economy, double GDP growth, 4000 new MsMEs. Mining will revive with a scientific approach," he said.
Trinamool has become the largest opposition party in the state following the defection of former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and other Congress legislators. In November 2021, 12 of 17 Congress MLAs led by Mukul Sangma, a former chief minister, had joined Trinamool Congress.
If voted to power, Trinamool will immediately revoke the MoU Signed between Assam and the Meghalaya governments drawn up in presence of Union home minister Amit Shah last year for border dispute settlement, Mr Banerjee said. The party, he added, will put up check-posts and work towards securing the state borders.
