Kolkata, June 26 -- Days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's whip to party
men to return 'cut money', a Trinamool Congress booth president has returned
Rs 2.25 lakhs.
Nurul Islam, the party's Suri Block II chief, yesterday returned the amount he
had taken from labourers engaged in drainage work in Chatra village of Birbhum
district, according to local media reports.
In all 141 men received Rs 1600 each from one Trilochan Mukherjee, who had
been denying them payment for the last eight months. The TMC, however,
denied this involved returning of cut money.
'Those who work for 3-4 days earn a small amount. We decided to club these
small amounts with earning of those working 20-25 days. The money is debited
to the big account...