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Union minister explained how TMC leaders alleged to swap between decisions over meeting..
Union minister of state for rural development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Friday rebuked Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra for calling her liar for allegedly escaping a scheduled meeting with a delegate of TMC leaders..
The Union minister claimed she had to wait for nearly 2.5 hours as Moitra allgedly demanded a meeting independently, instead of a delegation.I)..
The TMC delegation along with the beneficiaries of centrally MGNREGA scheme carried out a protest after they were allegedly denied a scheduled meeting with the Union minister over the alleged withholding of central dues of funds for several rural development schemes including the Prime Minister Awas Yojana..
Turning down Moitra's allegations, the Union minister decribed how the TMC MP sought a meeting independtly along with few beneficiaries of the central scheme..
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