KOLKATA:
Controversy
erupted in
South 24 Parganas
, after a
panchayat
pradhan issued a diktat that only the ones bearing allegiance to the
TMC will get work under the 100-days' job scheme, with the
ISF
asserting that political leaning should never be a criterion in such matters.
Modasser Hossain, the head of Bhogali-II panchayat in
Bhangar
, during a meeting of supporters on Monday, said that those who had worked for the ISF during the
Assembly
polls, held earlier this year, should be "surrendering to the ruling
party
if they are willing to find work under the scheme.
"Activists who had worked for other parties during the elections after having taken all facilities from us will not be considered (for the scheme) unless they surrender to us. Those who worked for the ISF during elections will have to show their allegiance to the ruling party," he said.
The TMC lost to the ISF in Bhangar, the only seat which the Abbas Siddiqui party managed to bag in the state.
Criticising Hossain's assertion, Bhangar MLA Naushad Siddiqui said elected representatives should work for one and all, irrespective of their political stance.
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