TMC panchayat member promises to return cut money, villagers blare reminders on loudspeakers
Villagers in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district have turned loudspeakers into a tool of public accountability after a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader promised to return “cut money” collected from beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by June 4. Through loudspeaker announcements across the village, residents are repeatedly reminding everyone, including the TMC leader,…