Cooch Behar (WB), March 6 Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday ridiculed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's protest in Kolkata over the SIR (State Identity and Residence), claiming that she is practicing what she will do after losing the upcoming state assembly elections.
Majumdar also made a series of promises, such as jobs for young people, increasing the amount for the women's financial assistance scheme, and proper DA (Dearness Allowance) for state government employees, if the BJP forms the government.
He was addressing a BJP rally in Natabari, Cooch Behar district.
On Banerjee's protest, Majumdar said, "She is practicing what she will do after a BJP chief minister takes over following the upcoming assembly elections."
The chief minister began a sit-in here on Friday to protest against the alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls.
Maintaining that the TMC will lose the upcoming polls, the former state BJP president asserted that students and young people want jobs, not handouts offered by the Mamata Banerjee government.
"I assure you that after a BJP government comes to power, School Service Commission recruitments will be held every year," the union minister said.
He said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while inaugurating the Poriborton Yatra at Raidighi in South 24 Parganas earlier this week, promised to fill all vacancies in the state government by December, if the party comes to power.
"We will announce the seventh pay commission in the state within 45 days of forming the government," Majumdar said, echoing Shah's promise.
The minister also said that a proper DA will be paid to state government employees if the BJP forms the government.
He promised to pay Rs 3,000 to all women by introducing 'Annapurna Bhandar', replacing Mamata Banerjee's much-touted 'Lakshmi'r Bhandar' by which the current government pays Rs 1,500 to each woman.
The elections to the 294-member assembly are likely to be held in April.