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Modi government renaming, repackaging UPA schemes: Congress
New Delhi, May 10
The Congress criticised the
BJP-led government on Sunday for "renaming, repackaging and relaunching"
programmes launched by the previous UPA government.
Criticising
the Narendra Modi-led National Demorcratic Alliance (NDA) government
over its social schemes like Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri
Suraksha Beema Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana, the
Congress said it was nothing but "renaming, repackaging and relaunching"
programmes of the UPA government.
The subterfuge and
plagiaristic repackaging with which these schemes were launched, belie
the Prime Minister Modi's claims that he was not launching them to "reap
political benefits", Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said here
in a statement.
It also belies the claim that he was not one of
those "several small-time politicians who launch certain schemes to win
the next election", he added.
"The fact is that the high voltage
media exercise undertaken yesterday, was yet again a blatant attempt at
renaming, repackaging and relaunching coupled with the now
characteristic event management style of governance. It has again
established the 'NAMO' style of governance i.e. 'Nothing
Original-Message Only'," he said.
"Contrary to the claims, the
entire exercise was aimed at credit taking by looking to be pro-people
in the midst of the anti people 'Suit Boot Sarkar' image that this
government has made for itself by its misdeeds and crony friendly
policies," the Congress leader said.
The people of this country, however, can see through this subterfuge, he said.
"They
know that the schemes are nothing but repackaged Aam Aadmi Beema Yojana
(AABY), Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Beema Yojana (RGSSBY) and the
Rashtriya Swasthya Beema Yojana (RSBY) schemes that the previous
government launched with an aim to widen the social security net," he
said.
These far-reaching schemes, ever since their launch in 2007
and 2008, benefited about five crore people (with AABY), 42 lakh
(RGSSBY) and 12 crore (RSBY) and an amount of Rs.2,155 crore, Rs.327.71
crore and Rs.4,300.07 crore, respectively, have been disbursed already.
The
cumulative number of individuals covered under these schemes exceeds 17
crore (6 crore families) and the amount benefiting them totals over
Rs.7,800 crore, Surjewala added.
"We sincerely hope that the Modi
government is not wanting to shut down these major schemes providing a
security umbrella to 17 crore people of the country," he said.