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Bengal Cong leaders cautious over Mamata Banerjee's silent message from Martyrs' Day rally
Kolkata: After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave a subtle message to Congress by refraining from attacking it at Trinamool Congress' annual Martyrs' Day rally, the state leaders of the grand old party are treading cautiously, accepting this 'silence' as her 'initial friendly gesture', ahead of the 2026 state Assembly polls. At the same time, as regards the Chief Minister's war cry announcing sustained protests against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, the Bengal Congress leaders are taking that war cry with a pinch of salt. They feel that before seeking Congress' support on this issue, the Chief Minister should elaborate on her government's plans to prevent such harassment by taking positive measures to arrest brain-drain and workers' migration from West Bengal to other states. On July 21, while addressing the annual Martyrs' Day rally, the Chief Minister launched a scathing attack against the BJP and CPI(M) and accused them of having a clandestine "understanding" in West Bengal. However, in her address, the Chief Minister carefully avoided her pet version of putting 'BJP-Congress-CPI(M)' within the same bracket in the West Bengal perspective, which she had done till the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. According to West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee leader Ashok Bhattacharya, it does not matter for the country's oldest national party whether the Chief Minister remains silent on it or not at the Martyrs' Day rally. 'First, the Chief Minister should make her stand clear on Congress both at the state level and the national level. She should explain why Trinamool Congress ensured BJP's victory in Assembly elections in certain other states like Goa and Tripura by dividing the anti-BJP votes,' Bhattacharya added. Former state Congress president and five-time former party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, too, feels that the Chief Minister's silence about Congress at the Martyrs' Day rally proves nothing, since there had been several instances in the past where she proved that "Trinamool Congress and BJP are made for each other". According to senior state Congress leader and party spokesman Soumya Aich Roy, while Congress unequivocally condemned the attack and harassment of Bengalis in BJP ruled states and also protested against it, the party's question for the Chief Minister is that what her government is doing to prevent such harassment by taking positive measures to arrest brain-drain and workers' migration from the West Bengal to other state. "Mamata Banerjee is trying to tap into the Bengali sentiment by bringing reference to Bhasa Andolan. Instead of doing this, she must provide jobs to the people so that this migration stops," he said.
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Centre okays Market Intervention Price for Totapuri mangoes
Vijayawada: Against the backdrop of falling price of Totapuri variety of mangoes assuming political colour, the Centre has approved Market Intervention Price for the produce which will be a major relief for farmers. The ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare issues orders, approving Price Deficiency Payment (PDP) under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for Totapuri market mango season 2025-26. Minister of state for rural development and communications, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for approving PDP under MIS. This will cover 1.62 lakh tonne mangoes with Market Intervention Price (MIP) of Rs 1,490.73 per quintal. The Centre and state will pay MIP on a 50:50 basis. The farmers will get direct benefit transfer support. 'This move will safeguard farmers against price crashes, ensure fair returns, and strengthen rural livelihoods,' said Chandra Sekhar. He told media persons in Delhi on Tuesday that the state government has already released Rs 260 crore to pay an extra Rs 4 per kg to Totapuri mango farmers facing a crisis due to a sharp fall in prices. The Centre on Tuesday issued orders to reimburse Rs 130 crore out of Rs 260 crore announced by the state government. Civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and state agriculture minister K Atchannaidu had requested the Centre in this regard. Chandra Sekhar said that for the first time, the Centre has announced MIS for mangoes. He said a huge drop in the market price of Totapuri mango this year caused huge losses to farmers. He hoped that the Centre would continue the support under MIS in future, if necessary. The state government last week permitted the Director of Horticulture and Sericulture (DoH and S) to procure 6.5 lakh tonnes of the Totapuri variety for the current season to provide the growers a remunerative price. This will ensure a minimum procurement price of Rs 12 per kg. While pulp processing companies are contributing Rs 8 per kg, the government is providing the remaining Rs 4. The move is expected to help the farmers in sustaining mango cultivation in the combined Chittoor district and preventing distress sales.
