NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a heated exchange of words between the treasury and opposition benches, over the disbursal of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal.
The chaos and sloganeering, which broke out after Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee's pointed charge at the Centre, saw the two sides trading blows at each other.
"Why Bengal has been denied the benefits of MGNREGA funds. Why is the state being discriminated against? If there are anomalies, it should be addressed. Denying benefits for three years is unacceptable, " he said.