Congress's Rahul Gandhi has added voice to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's demand that the Centre pay its dues in terms of the MNREGA social welfare programme. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, the senior Congress leader, who passed through Bengal recently during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, said he had received a representation from a farmer group on the matter. Central funds for the UPA government's flagship welfare programme have been on hold since March 2022, he said, reiterating a claim made repeatedly by the Mamata Banerjee government. "I was informed that many workers have not been paid for work completed in 2021 due to shortfall in funds," Mr Gandhi wrote.
