https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4 Members: Keerthana, Sakina, Divija, Sathyalakshmi en-us 2021-09-06 14:53:39 UTC 2026-02-06 20:18:08 UTC hello@padlet.com sathyalakshmi40256 https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1719613902 Symbol: Flowers and grass
Leader: Mamata Banerjee
Launched: On 1st January, 1988
Ideals: Committed to secularism and federalism
Recognized as a national party in 2016. Has been in power in West Bengal since 2011. Also has presence in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura. In the General Elections held in 2014, it got 3.84 % votes and won by 34 seats. 
It is the 4th largest party in the Lok Sabha.

]]> 2021-09-06 15:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1719613902 sathyalakshmi40256 https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1719623458 Schemes took up by Mamata Banerjee for the improvement of West Bengal: 
-The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, for example. Throughout Mamata’s rule, West Bengal has leveraged the scheme fully, with the state administration making sure that large numbers of rural Bengalis are able to benefit from it. In the past four years, West Bengal has easily been one of the top states in terms of the labor generated from the NREGA. In comparison to Gujarat, for example, West Bengal has utilized 9.6X the number of NREGA person-days from 2012-13 to 2015-16. For Maharashtra, that ratio stands at 3.2 – it is 3.1 for Bihar.

-From 2011 to 2015, West Bengal built the second largest number of toilets for individual households in rural areas amongst all other states. It is also the state with the second-highest number of villages declared free of open defecation. A fifth of all Indian villages declared free of open defecation are in West Bengal, second only to Himachal Pradesh. This toilet building is replicated even in urban areas such as Kolkata. 
-Rural connectivity has seen a visible jump, with even small villages now having tarmac-surfaced lanes leading up to them. Even the Adivasi-dominated, highly underdeveloped area of Junglemahal now has excellent metalled roads. 

 -Sabuj Sathi, a scheme to distribute cycles to students from classes 9 to 12 has been very popular across rural West Bengal, as has Kanyashree, a scholarship scheme for economically disadvantaged girls. The scholarship consists of an annual stipend of Rs 750 and a one-time payment of Rs 25,000 if the students continue their studies up to the age of 18 – a measure aimed at preventing girls from dropping out and lowering the rates of child marriage.
We should let "foreigners" into our country. Mamata Banerjee is also called "Didi" lovingly by the party members. ]]> 2021-09-06 15:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1719623458 poemtimewithk https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1720620599 This exclusive symbol is famously called by the term Jora Ghas Phul (meaning grass and two flowers) in West Bengal. The symbol has all the colours of the Indian flag and its political slogan of ‘Ma Maati Manush' (Mother Motherland and People) highlights its significance. The AITMC symbol of the flowers and grass represents the essence of our nation, of the motherhood or the country. The ‘maati' or ‘motherland' here signifies mother or ‘Ma'. The people dwelling on the motherland are called ‘manush'.]]> 2021-09-07 03:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1720620599 poemtimewithk https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1720893773 2021-09-07 05:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1720893773 poemtimewithk https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1720900648 2021-09-07 05:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1720900648 https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1721338080 TMC led by Mamata, was founded in 1997, after separating from Congress on the issue of foreign origin of Sonia. With 19 Lok Sabha members, it is the sixth largest party in current Lok Sabha. The party has sizeable presence in W. Bengal and some N. Eastern states. TMC uprooted the 34-year rule of the Communist parties in West Bengal and Mamata became Chief Minister with a landslide victory in 2011.]]> 2021-09-07 08:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sathyalakshmi40256/29fhuwgdfm3dhxa4/wish/1721338080