“When we worked with the Trinamool here we thought we will remove the Left Front, remove the red flag and bring in a new government which will work for development,” Gandhi said.
“It is a matter of regret that red flags have been removed. Green flags have come, but nothing has changed in the state,” he said.
On the issue of corruption, he said that it continued to prevail. “20 lakh people were affected by the Saradha chitfund scam. Poor people were affected. Irregularities were noticed in the school teachers recruitment scam where 35,000 teachers were recruited,” he said.
Countering Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's charge that the Centre deprived the state of funds, Gandhi said, “We send thousands of crores from Delhi.