Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme Is Scam: BJP
Mumbai: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of playing drama for politics by terming the ‘Ghar-Ghar Ration Distribution Scheme’ as a scam.
Talking to ANI, Patra said, “Arvind Kejriwal tried to mislead the nation and I want to say it clearly about the drama he did, I will expose it. He painted a picture that Prime Minister Modi is stopping door-to-door ration distribution. This is wrong. One nation, one ration card is a Central initiative. Delhi Government refused to implement it. Thousands of migrant labourers are devoid of the benefit of the scheme.”
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“Kejriwal is saying that he will give door-to-door delivery. But how will he ensure that it reaches the right people? He said they will take biometrics of ration recipients. EPOS is a machine to track ration. Kejriwal Said stopped. It is in ration shops. Even smaller states have implemented EPOS machines and there is 80 per cent Aadhar card verification for distribution. In Delhi, Aadhaar card verification is zero,” claimed the BJP leader
He said that ration has been provided to 72.78 lakh people under the National Food Security Act. The central government is giving food grains in Delhi under two schemes NFSA and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.
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“Kejriwal has hidden a provision. Delhi agencies will pick and give processed food grains and levy extra charges like flour made of wheat. Kejriwal did not speak on how much extra charge he wanted from the poor. We will not be able to find who was getting the ration. It was a scam,” the BJP leader said.
Delhi government, which originally named the scheme ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana’ dropped the same after a March 9 notification issued to it by the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs.
The notice said that the subsidised foodgrains allocated by the Centre for distribution to the poor cannot be used for running any state-specific or other schemes under a name other than the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
(With ANI Inputs)
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