BJP demanded CBI probe into the alleged swindling of central funds in West Bengal. Briefing media in New Delhi on Tuesday, party leader and Leader of Opposition in State Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari alleged that thousands of village heads belonging to the Trinamool Congress in connivance with state government officials have been involved in corruption to the tune of thousands of crores in the state in relation to work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act MGNREGA.

He said, the Bengal government is under six lakh crore debt and there are two crore unemployed youth in the state. Mr Adhikari said, no new industry has been set up in the state in the last 12 years, no airport, seaport nothing has been established. He said, there is no business-friendly environment in Bengal.

Speaking on TMC leaders protesting in the National Capital against the Centre for withholding the release of funds to the state under some central schemes, including MGNREGA, Mr Adhikari accused them of indulging in a false and fabricated campaign.