India, April 16 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday alleged that several welfare schemes introduced by the Narendra Modi Government have not reached the people of West Bengal owing to the Mamata Banerjee dispensation's reluctance to allow their implementation in the State.

She said among the schemes the people of the State are being deprived of are Ayushman Bharat, PM Kisan and Awaas Yojana.

"An atmosphere of terror has been created in the State by the TMC. West Bengal has been destroyed by the party," the finance minister said.

"Your money was ready in Delhi, but the TMC Government has not allowed that to be spent here," she claimed.

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