West Bengal CM Mamata Slams Centre Govt Over LPG Crisis

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday blamed the Centre for the LPG crisis in the country in wake of a war in the Middle East. 

She alleged that the union government could have avoided the announcement for the consumers to wait for supply for at least 25 days between two bookings. 

Ms Banerjee told a Bengali TV news channel, “The Centre should have first ensured enough reserves of LPG, oil and gas. But instead of doing that it imposed restrictions



without any proper planning to tackle the situation. Why did they announce people wont get gas if 25 days have not passed between two bookings?”

She added, “The announcement itself created panic among the people. One should think of the alternatives before making such an announcement. 

The Centre can conduct SIR and delete voters but it cannot manage the country's gas and oil reserves. Its lack of proper policy to tackle the crisis is indirectly helping the black marketeers.”