Krishnagar (WB): The debt burden bequeathed by the erstwhile Left Front government in West Bengal could be more than Rs 2.3 lakh crore, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hinted.
"The debt of Rs 2.3 lakh crore is to our knowledge only, but the amount can be more, which we do not know, as many papers are missing," Mamata said while launching some local trains here in Nadia district.
Painting a grim picture of the state's finances in which the government was left with only six paise from every rupee it earns to fund development, she said the government had to shell out Rs 22,000 crore a year as interest and part of the principal as well by way of debt servicing.
She said the present government was carrying the load of "sins" committed by the previous government.
Accusing the Left Front of leaving a crippling economy and infrastructure, Banerjee asserted, "What they (LF government) could not do in 34 years, we will do in four years and that is my target."
The Chief Minister assured that her government was working hard to create ten lakh jobs within five years.
"In the last eight months the present government has already created 2.75 lakh jobs," she claimed.
She also voiced her opposition to bandhs and blockades on railway tracks and roads.
"We have to ensure that nothing disrupts the progress of Bengal. In the name of road and train track blockades attempts are being made to disrupt development," she said.
Banerjee said that a number of rail projects involving crores of rupees would come up in West Bengal in the coming years generating a huge employment.
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