Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who was In Chalsa of Alipurduar today accused the centre of creating unemployment in the region due to close of private tea gardens and claims ten lakh people have been unemployed due to this and hence there is a serious crisis in livelihood.
The Chief Minister also interacted with the locals and also made tea at a local shop, the private tea gardens have been closed since 2015 by the tea board of Govt of India citing insects in the gardens as a major reason and post 2015 the tea gardens have remain closed, the CM also claimed that an assurance was given by tea board for a solution of the matter but it did not happen so, the CM has given assurance to take up the matter and solve the matter post election.