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Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana does not find much takers in West Bengal

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The antagonism between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress seems to have created a hurdle in West Bengal for one of prime minister Narendra Modi's pet schemes-- the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has asked her MPs to ignore the proposal, under which all MPs have been asked to adopt and develop a gram panchayat, according to TMC sources. Of the 46 MPs from the state, only two-- BJP's SS Ahluwalia and Sultan Ahmed of TMC-- have adopted gram panchayats so far. The TMC with 34 of 42 MPs in Lok Sabha, is the fourth largest party in the House. None of the state's four Rajya Sabha MPs-- of whom three are from the TMC and one from CPM-- figure in the list of MPs who have adopted gram panchayats.

While Ahluwalia, an MP from Darjeeling has adopted Hatighisa, Ahmed has adopted Baniban in Howrah district. However, it is surprising why MPs of other parties-- Congress and Left-- have also not adopted gram panchayats in the state so far. The prime minister has urged MPs to develop one model village in their constituency by 2016 and two more by 2019.

As per the list updated so far by the rural development ministry, of the nearly 800 MP, 541 MPs-- 413 of the Lok Sabha and 128 of the Rajya Sabha-- have selected gram panchayats. Members from Opposition parties, including Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, SP's Mulayam Singh Yadav and JD-U leader Sharad Yadav have already adopted gram panchayats in their constituencies endorsing the scheme.

The friction between the TMC and the government, which deepened ever since BJP chief Amit Shah held a rally in Kolkata, has been manifesting inside Parliament and outside. A day after Shah took on the TMC over the Saradha scam and the Burdwan blast, TMC alleged that his name figured in a red diary recovered from Sahara chief Subrata Roy's office.

The TMC has now walked out of the Select Committee on the Insurance Bill, which seeks to raise the FDI cap from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. Other non-Congress Opposition members of the panel have decided to give a dissent note to the report which is expected to be submitted by December 12.

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