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Congress transferred farmers' land to family trust: Smiriti Irani
Amethi, Aug 23 (IANS) Union minister Smriti Irani on
Sunday alleged that 65 acres of land was taken away from Amethi
residents during the 1980s to set up a cycle factory and later it was
transferred to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust.
"Rajiv Gandhi
Charitable trust bought that 65 acres of farmers' land allotted to
Samrat Cycles in the 1980s," Irani, the union human resource development
minister said here while addressing a gathering.
Irani, who was
in Amethi to hand over the first installment of premium of Pradhanmantri
Bima Surakhsha Yojana to about 25,000 women of Amethi who subscribed
to the scheme, added that: "The factory has not been set up. The land
should go back to the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development
Corporation."
The minister promised to the people that she would
try to get coverage of Rs.50,000 to Rs.10 lakh for poor street vendors
of Amethi also under Prime Minister's Mudra Yojana.
She also
regretted that development works in Amethi, the parliamentary
constituency of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, have been
neglected by successive governments, adding that the Narendra Modi
government at the Centre was trying its level best to cover the gap by
implementing various schemes in the area.