TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu alleged on Friday that the pension scheme launched by chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy would turn out to be another scam in the model of the Satyam Computers fiasco. The government has claimed that the scheme, launched on Friday, would help women in the age of 18-60.
Addressing a press conference, Naidu said as per preliminary estimates, the state government has identified less than 1,000 beneficiaries per district while the SHG membership runs into lakhs. It means that the pension scheme would benefit only about 23,000 beneficiaries when lakhs of them would be contributing to the scheme every month. This amounts to cheating the women, the TDP chief said.
He also took objection to the chief minister and Congress MP U Arun Kumar seeking votes for the party at a government function. He said the government also violated all norms and rules in issuing advertisements for the launch of the scheme. The department of information and public relations should not release advertisements to newspapers which do not have audit bureau of circulation (ABC) certificate about circulation figures and the advertisement should not be made to look like a news item. In this case, the advertisement was made to look as if it was the lead story and also has party symbol and photograph of Sonia Gandhi.
I&PR, Naidu said had issued two full page colour advertisements to the newspaper owned by the chief minister's son which had faked its circulation figures and does not have any certification. So far the government had spent about Rs 160 crore on advertisements to various newspapers but when it comes to paying of scholarships to SC,ST and BC students it says it does not have money.
Demanding action against the department head for issuing advertisements in violation of rules, Naidu said that the party would file a complaint with the Election Commission and will also file a case in the court.
Addressing a press conference, Naidu said as per preliminary estimates, the state government has identified less than 1,000 beneficiaries per district while the SHG membership runs into lakhs. It means that the pension scheme would benefit only about 23,000 beneficiaries when lakhs of them would be contributing to the scheme every month. This amounts to cheating the women, the TDP chief said.
He also took objection to the chief minister and Congress MP U Arun Kumar seeking votes for the party at a government function. He said the government also violated all norms and rules in issuing advertisements for the launch of the scheme. The department of information and public relations should not release advertisements to newspapers which do not have audit bureau of circulation (ABC) certificate about circulation figures and the advertisement should not be made to look like a news item. In this case, the advertisement was made to look as if it was the lead story and also has party symbol and photograph of Sonia Gandhi.
I&PR, Naidu said had issued two full page colour advertisements to the newspaper owned by the chief minister's son which had faked its circulation figures and does not have any certification. So far the government had spent about Rs 160 crore on advertisements to various newspapers but when it comes to paying of scholarships to SC,ST and BC students it says it does not have money.
Demanding action against the department head for issuing advertisements in violation of rules, Naidu said that the party would file a complaint with the Election Commission and will also file a case in the court.
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