Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia asserted that doorstep ration supply scheme should be carried out.
New Delhi:
The AAP authorities on Wednesday mentioned the Centre “rejected” its doorstep ration supply scheme on “humorous excuses”, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking how the nation will progress amid a lot dispute and politics.
Addressing a press briefing, senior Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) chief and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia mentioned a letter from the Centre on Tuesday knowledgeable that the Delhi authorities’s proposal of the scheme has been rejected.
The deputy chief minister blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for it.
Later in a collection of tweets, Mr Kejriwal charged the BJP-led Centre of indulging in disputes with the states.
“A letter from the Centre has come. It is rather painful. The doorstep ration supply scheme was rejected on grounds corresponding to what is going to occur if ration supply vans break down or get caught in site visitors, how will rations attain beneficiaries residing on third flooring of a constructing (India of twenty first century has reached the moon and right here you’re caught on third ground), and the way will rations will probably be delivered to beneficiaries who dwell in slim lanes,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
केंद्र की चिट्ठी आयी है। बेहद पीड़ा हुई। इस क़िस्म के कारण देकर हर घर राशन योजना ख़ारिज कर दी-
राशन गाड़ी ट्रैफ़िक में फँस गयी या ख़राब हो गयी तो
तीसरी मंज़िल तक राशन कैसे जाएगा
(21वीं सदी का भारत चाँद पर पहुँच गया, आप तीसरी मंज़िल पर अटक गए)
संकरी गली में कैसे जाएगा https://t.co/SiJKbBDbtU
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 23, 2021
Mr Sisodia too raised the identical factors, blaming Modi for rejecting of the scheme.
In one other tweet, Mr Kejriwal mentioned having disputes with everybody was not proper.
“Preventing with everybody on a regular basis shouldn’t be proper – Twitter, Lakshadweep, Mamta didi, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Delhi authorities, farmers, merchants, and even the Chief Secretary of West Bengal,” he mentioned.
“How will the nation progress amid a lot dispute and politics? Don’t battle over doorstep ration supply scheme. It’s within the curiosity of the nation,” the Delhi chief minister added.
Mr Sisodia, nevertheless, claimed that the Delhi authorities by no means despatched any proposal relating to the scheme to the Centre.
“Ration distribution beneath the general public distribution system (PDS) is the accountability of the state. They’d objection over the scheme for having ”Mukhya Mantri” in its title, which we eliminated. What proposal did they reject when none was despatched to them,” he requested.
The AAP chief asserted that the doorstep supply of ration scheme needs to be carried out and accused Prime Minister Modi of selecting fights with everybody.
“Why are you at all times in a quarrelsome temper? The nation has by no means seen such a quarrellous prime minister in 75 years,” Sisodia charged, citing clashes of the Modi authorities with totally different states.
“If folks can have pizza, garments and different consumables delivered to their properties, why cannot ration be delivered to their doorstep,” he requested.
A replica of a letter by the Ministry of Shopper Affairs, Meals and Public Distribution, dated June 22, shared by Sisodia raised varied objections on ration supply, administrative and monetary features of the scheme.
“Due to this fact, in view of the above observations and considerations, it’s clarified that the proposal of Authorities of Nationwide Capital Territory of Delhi doesn’t meet the statutory and useful necessities of the Nationwide Meals Safety Act and subsequently, the proposal made by GNCTD can’t be accepted,” it learn.
The Delhi authorities deliberate to launch the scheme for the doorstep supply of ration in June.
The launch was halted after the lieutenant governor returned the file on the scheme stating that it couldn’t be carried out, based on a press release from the Chief Minister’s Workplace.
In response to the Delhi authorities, if carried out, the scheme would profit 72 lakh ration cardholders within the metropolis.
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