West Bengal: Congress names Mamata detractors

In a move that is certain to anger Mamata Banerjee, the Congress has named MLA Ajoy Dey and known detractors of the chief minister like Deepa Dasmunshi to a 15-member committee that will monitor the Centre's flagship programmes in West Bengal.

This is expected to complicate matters with the Trinamool Congress. The state government has not fared well in implementing schemes connected with the rural health mission, the urban renewal mission, the right to education and the rural jobs scheme. The committee is expected to submit its assessment every quarter to the Congress high command, an exercise which will surely make the CM fume.