Instead, there has been more anger and vitriol. But for all the hot air, not one organisation appealed to its members to refuse the half bonus. So Dasgupta ended up shelling out the money even as he had to bear the brunt of the criticism.,p.The Opposition’s reaction was predictable. Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee thundered: "This Left government is bankrupt. It is time it admits it publicly and the Centre imposes a financial emergency here." She also held the Left Front government responsible for the Trinamul-run Calcutta municipal corporation paying its employees half their bonus.
