Congress Announces Doubling Ration For Poor To 10 Kg, Takes Everyone By Surprise
New Delhi: Doubling the BJP government’s 5 kg ration per month scheme to the poor, the Congress has announced a new poll promise if voted to power. The INDIA bloc will give the poor a 10 kg free ration every month, The Indian Express reported.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s announcement surprised many leaders in the party, especially since a few days ago, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the BJP of making people “dependent” and not “independent” by handing them over free foodgrains. Addressing a public meeting in Rae Bareli, Priyanka said, “This 5 kg ration would not fill anyone’s stomachs. It’s good you get it, but this will not make you self-reliant or brighten your future. When I ask the youth what they would prefer, 5 kg ration or a job, you will choose a job, right? Because a job will earn you income, and make you self-reliant. So you have to understand that a political party framing policies that make you dependent and not self-reliant, its policy is not right.”
Criticising the BJP for claiming credit for distributing free ration, Kharge said, “We brought the food security Act where anyone could go to court if it was stopped. You gave nothing, but still talk about feeding 80 crore people. If you are giving 5 kg ration, when our alliance government comes to power, we will give 10 kg,” he said in a press conference held jointly with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow.
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