The Tribune: Jammu: Friday, January 05, 2018.
Already
facing the allegations of bulldozing the democratic institutions of the state,
the PDP-BJP government today undermined the sanctity of the Legislative
Assembly by giving wrong information in the House.
In a written
reply to the question of Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference member, the
government informed the House that Rs 2,000 crore had been approved under the
Prime Minister’s Development Package for one-time settlement of 36,384
displaced families from PoK and Chhamb. The government said not even a single
penny had been sanctioned so far from the approved fund of Rs 2,000 crore by
the Centre.
Out of the
36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb, over 6,600 families have already
received relief to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh per family.
On December
12, 2016, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had started disbursement of relief to
the refugee families. She had handed over cheques worth Rs. 5.5 lakh each to 25
PoK refugees families.
“The
information is completely wrong. To hide its mistake in the release of relief
to refugees and displaced persons, the state government has misinformed the
Assembly that the Centre has not released any fund so far,” Narendra Singh, BJP
general secretary and a refugee leader, told The Tribune.
Rajiv Chunni,
another refugee leader, expressed surprise over the misleading information
provided in the Legislative Assembly. “As of now, all relief cases up to August
2017 have been cleared,” he said.
Official data
also revealed that relief under the PM’s package had already been disbursed to
over 6,600 families.
In response
to an RTI application filed by Rohit Choudhary, a Jammu-based activist, Ram
Krishna Swarnakar, Central Public Information Officer, J&K Division,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, said Rs 308 crore had been
released to 6,601 families till date through direct benefit transfer mode in
their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
Sagar’s
question was about the details of the expenditure incurred on various
development works in different sectors under PM’s Rs 80,000-crore package.
Pawan Gupta,
Independent MLA from Udhampur, also alleged that wrong reply was given to his
question in the Assembly. He alleged that misleading reply was given to his
question pertaining to two roads of the Udhampur constituency under the Rural
Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).
Gupta said
the government had mentioned that two roads would be taken up under the RIDF in
the Udhampur constituency, but both the roads, named in the reply, were not
part of his segment. He also announced to move “breach of privilege motion”
against the government for furnishing a wrong reply to him on the floor of the
Assembly.
What it
claimed
The government
informed the House that Rs 2,000 crore had been approved under the PM’s
Development Package for one-time settlement of 36,384 displaced families from
PoK and Chhamb. It said not even a single penny had been sanctioned by the
Centre.
Relief to
6,600 families
Of the 36,384
displaced families from PoK and Chhamb, over 6,600 families have already
received relief to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh per family. On December 12, 2016,
the CM started disbursement of relief to the refugee families. She had handed
over cheques worth Rs 5.5 lakh each to 25 PoK refugees families.
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