The
Times of India: Allahabad: Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
Social
activist and former corporator Kamlesh Singh has filed an RTI application
seeking to know the rationale behind the largesse being extended to Congress
ruled states which will give subsidy on nine LPG cylinders against subsidy on
six cylinders in non-Congress states.
Singh has
questioned whether there is dual citizenship in India or residents of the
Congress-ruled states are the only citizens of India. If not, then why this
discrimination in subsidy, Singh has asked.
The
government has specified that the subsidy on LPG cylinders would be given to
the consumers in their bank account at the end of the year. However, Singh has
questioned whether the government would provide interest on the subsidy money
to the general consumers.
The RTI also
seeks to know since there is no mention of dual citizenship in the
Constitution, does extending favour to the citizens of one state at the expense
of another citizen of the state amount to violation of the Constitution.
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