How Mamata Banerjee's TMC Allocated Money In Pre-Election Year
West Bengal Budget | How Mamata Banerjee's TMC Allocated Money In Pre-Election Year Budgets in India are not just a statement of financial accounts but political statements especially if it is an election year. While Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman hit out at the Trinamool Congress after the party's sharp attack on the union budget, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit back saying, "You worry less about Bengal, What happened Ujjwala?" But one thing that is clear from budgets is that schemes that have recall value amongst voters result in votes for political parties and the West Bengal budget has pumped most money into its popular social welfare schemes. Popular schemes that are vote-pullers have seen major allocation of funds ahead of elections.
