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โ€œMamata Banerjee Is Fooling Peopleโ€: Suvendu Adhikari In Letter To Piyush Goyal

Kolkata: Bhartiya Janta Party MLA from Nandigram, West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday wrote a letter to the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, indicting Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamta Banerjee of โ€œbefooling people by renaming the schemes โ€˜alreadyโ€™ launched by Central Governmentโ€.

While taking a dig out at Mamta Banerjeeโ€™s Festive Schemes, Suvendu wrote, โ€œI would like to draw your kind attention towards a specific publicity material published and displayed by the Department of Food & Supplies: West Bengal Governmentโ€. This poster, a copy of which has duly been annexed herewith. provides information about a โ€˜Festive Schemeโ€™ made available to the AAY (Antyodaya Anna Yojana) & SPHH (State Priority Ration Card) Ration Card holders for a limited time period starting from 23rd September 2022 till 30th October 2022.โ€ โ€œThe message which is being circulated by the Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, the Department of Food & Supplies; West Bengal Government on the occasion of Sharod-Utsav (Durga Pooja), Kaali Puja, Deepawali, and Chhath Puja is being promoted as a part of the now defunct โ€˜Duare Rationโ€™ scheme & so-called (non-existent) โ€˜Khadya Sethiโ€™ schemeโ€, the letter stated.

โ€œThe Duare Ration (doorstep delivery of ration) scheme has always been in trouble since a was launched A vast majority of the Ration Dealers (distributors) objected to it and labeled it as impracticalโ€, Suvendu added.

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โ€œOn the other hand, the Khadya Sathi scheme is lust another infamous โ€˜Sticker Schemeโ€™ of the Mamta Banerjee Government. You (Piyush Goyal) must be aware that the West Bengal Government has been engaging in renaming the Central Government schemes to befool the general public into believing that the schemes are being provided by the State Government in order to claim credit of the benefits which are being provided by the Central Government. So. Khadya Sathi, is nothing but a label placed on the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojanaโ€, the letter concludes.

So this poster is another attempt to claim credit unethically. The food items that are being offered are actually being provided by the Central Government. But the State Government has made it look like their own in order to deceive people.

I also urged you to take note of this โ€˜unscrupulousโ€™ act and seek answers from the West Bengal Government for this actโ€, Suvendu Adhikari in his letter.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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