Govt denying social security scheme benefits to 42k people: BJP
Congress govt is trying to snatch the rights of people by denying govt scheme benefits for around last six months, Kumpala said on Thursday.
"Beneficiaries under Sandhya Suraksha, widow pension and other schemes have received notices seeking a review of their eligibility for respective scheme benefits. The govt wants to exclude and deny scheme benefits to them citing silly reasons like beneficiaries possessing mobile phones and other assets," he said.
Accusing the govt of being mired in corruption, Sathish said the administration under chief minister Siddaramaiah has no concern for poor people. He said poor people with small pieces of land are made to walk from pillar to post for getting single site approvals from the urban development authorities. Poor people are not able to build houses because of the anti-people policies of the govt. In the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office alone, 620 applications pertaining to Forms 9 and 11 are pending.
Similarly, a large number of applications for single site approvals are pending in Puttur Urban Development Authority (PUDA), he said.
No poor families have been sanctioned houses under housing schemes after the Congress came to power. Only the Puttur assembly constituency has been sanctioned 250 houses, he said, adding that the govt has shown disparity by sanctioning houses to the constituency represented by a Congress MLA.
Protest in front of MCC
Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath said while protests will be held against the state govt across the district simultaneously on Monday, a demonstration will also be held in front of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) the same day. Mangaluru City North MLA Dr Y Bharath Shetty said the Congress govt in the state has made the MCC and MUDA their ATMs.
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