TMC‘s Kalyan Banerjee, treasury benches spar over stoppage of MNREGA funds for West Bengal

Banerjee additionally attacked Union Minister Giriraj Singh, saying, “you’re a central minister, you’re behaving like this…who made you minister?”

The remarks drew the ire of treasury bench members, who objected to his feedback.

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal objected to the language utilized by Banerjee.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged the members to handle the chair quite than reacting to feedback made by MPs amongst themselves.

“Select your phrases correctly, if somebody is saying something unofficially, don’t reply to it,” Birla mentioned.

Replying to the controversy on the Union Price range 2025-26, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had earlier mentioned that 25 lakh pretend job playing cards in MNREGA, funds meant for folks on the grassroots, have been “looted” by TMC cadres.