Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the central government of stopping the ‘Ghar Ghar Ration’ scheme. Kejriwal alleged in a digital press conference that all the preparations for implementing this scheme were completed and it was to be implemented from next week but two days ago the central government stopped the scheme.
Fighting against ration mafia for 17 years: Kejriwal
Chief Minister also alleged that for 75 years, poor people of this country have been victims of ration mafia. He said that I have been fighting against the ration mafia for 17 years, their reach is up to the top. The Chief Minister said that the Central Government has stopped this scheme on the ground that the Delhi Government did not take its approval from him. He claimed that the Delhi government had taken approval from the central government five times for the ‘Ghar-Ghar Ration’ scheme and was not required to do so by law, yet he took the approval as he did not want any dispute with the central government. Were.
Who will stand with the poor?: Kejriwal The
Chief Minister said that during the Corona period, this scheme should be implemented not only in Delhi, but in the whole country, because ration shops are ‘superspreaders’ (place of high spread of epidemic). He further said that if smartphone, pizza can be delivered in this country then why not ration? Do you have sympathy for the ration mafia, Prime Minister sir? If you stand with the ration mafia, who will stand with the poor? What will happen to those 70 lakh poor people whose ration is stolen by these ration mafia.
The central government charges dismissed
the government, saying the allegations as “baseless” and that the government could make way ration distribution and he did not stop doing the government. According to the statement issued by the Center, ‘They can also do this under any other scheme. The Government of India will provide ration for this as per the notified rates. It would be absolutely wrong to say that the central government is stopping anyone from doing something.
The Kejriwal government was ready to launch the scheme, the
Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said, adding that the government was ready to launch the scheme in the next few days. The CMO, in a statement, claimed that the Lt Governor on June 2 returned the file stating that the scheme could not be implemented. He said that the Lieutenant Governor has rejected the file for implementation of the door-to-door ration scheme citing two reasons – one is that the Center has not yet approved the scheme and the matter is pending in the court. Used to be.”
72 lakh poor beneficiaries will get benefits The
CMO said in the statement that the Delhi government was ready to start the ration scheme within one to two days, which would benefit 72 lakh poor beneficiaries. It claimed that after accepting all the suggestions of the Centre, the Delhi government had sent the file to the Lt Governor on May 24 for final approval and immediate implementation of the scheme, which he returned “rejecting” the plan. .
