Friday, December 28, 2012

Congress criticises BJD over Cash Transfer System



BHUBANESWAR: Following the statement of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the 57th National Development Council (NDC) meeting in New Delhi for reviewing of its recently adopted direct cash transfer scheme (DCTS), the Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday criticised the BJD Government for not accepting the scheme.

PCC president Niranjan Patnaik said the BJD Government is opposing the scheme fearing that the scheme would prove the false claim of the Chief Minister’s 2-a-kg rice campaign during last 12 years. “The rulling party will be exposed, if the Central Government implements the scheme,” PCC president added.

Patnaik said that the time of BJD’s so called claim of step-motherly attitude against the Central Government would be gradually vanished as most of the schemes are controlled by the Centre. The Naveen Government is taking advantages of centrally sponsored schemes in its name, he added.

It may be noted that the Chief Minister on Thursday urged the UPA Government to review its recently adopted DCTS. In the meeting, BJD supremo suggested that the objective of the food and nutrition security can be more effectively addressed at present by bringing improvements in the public distribution system (PDS) and in other cases, by improving the banking infrastructure first, an official release said.

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