While Dilip Ghosh was all busy in criticizing the various policies of the state government, especially the health policy symbolized by the SwasthyaSathi Card, the health policy of the state has got beneficiaries from unexpected quarters. In a peculiar twist in the Bengal’s political tale, the family of Dilip Ghosh, the president (ninth) of the Bengal unit of BJP has registered for the SwasthyaSathi Card provided by the state government led by Mamata Banerjee.

Dilip Ghosh’s family resides in Gopiballabhpur in Jhargram district. He has been the biggest critic of the SwasthyaSathi Card of the state government and had rallied for the Ayushman bharat yojana of the central government. In one of the camps set up by under the Duare Sarkar scheme launched by the state government led by Mamata Banerjee, the family members, the younger brother of Dilip Ghosh, Hirak Ghosh and his cousin, Sukesh Ghosh registered for the SwasthyaSathi Card by standing in a queue.

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The nursing homes and health-centres in the state have been given advisory on the functioning of the SwasthyaSathi Card. The state government has made it clear that if the health-centres return the people coming in for treatment using the SwasthyaSathi Card, then the license of the centre would be cancelled. Under the SwasthyaSathi Card policy, every beneficiary family is entitled to receive a support of around Rs 500000 for health-related issues per year.

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The outreach programme of TMC over various policies of the state government in the run-up to West Bengal election is being accompanied by arguments over the issues of the farm laws and the CAA-NRC. On the later issue the TMC had asserted its opposition to the idea. In a parallel development of the fight between TMC and BJP for the upcoming election, CM Banerjee asserted in the recently-held rally at Ranaghat that the Matuas in the state are already citizens and that they do not need certification from BJP. She added that in the case of Assam, where the state’s NRC was drawn up, around 22 lakh people were out of the list, out of which 19 lakh were Bengalis.