"वैदर्भीय शेतकरी, आदिवासींच्या समस्या गंभीर"- हिवाळी अधिवेशनात चर्चा करा- तरुण भारत

"वैदर्भीय शेतकरी, आदिवासींच्या समस्या गंभीर"- हिवाळी अधिवेशनात चर्चा करा--विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीची मागणी 

तभा वृत्तसेवा

यवतमाळ, १४ डिसेंबर

मागील  पाच  दिवसांपासून वर्षभराच्या प्रतिक्षेनंतर नागपूर येथे हिवाळी अधिवेशनाचे संपूर्ण कामकाज कोणत्याही गंभीर प्रश्नावर चर्चा न होता गुंडाळण्यात येत आहे. यामुळे विदर्भातील ३० लाखांवर कर्जबाजारीपणा व नापिकीला तोंड देत असलेल्या आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतकरयांमध्ये आणि ५० लाखांवर कुपोषण व उपासमारीला तोंड देत असलेल्या आदिवासींमध्ये निराशा पसरली आहे. सरकार व विरोधी पक्षांच्या संगनमताने सुरू असलेला हा कोट्यवधी रुपयांच्या उधळपट्टीचा प्रकार तत्काळ बंद करून गंभीर प्रश्नांवर चर्चा करून तोडगा काढावा, अशी मागणी विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीने केली आहे.

अनेक आमदार व मंत्री दिवसा विधानसभेच्या कामकाजावर बहिष्कार टाकत आहेत, मात्र संध्याकाळी जन्मदिवस आणि सत्काराच्या नावावर पाट्र्या झोडत आहेत. अधिवेशनाच्या तिसरया दिवशी तर संध्याकाळी पुण्याला जाण्यासाठी राष्ट्रवादी काँग्रेस व भाजपाच्या नेत्यांनी खेळीमेळीने विधानसभा व परिषदेचे काम गुंडाळून अनेकांना आश्चर्याचा धक्का दिला. सिचन घोटाळ्याच्या भ्रष्टाचारामध्ये लिप्त असलेले आमदार कामकाज ठप्प पाडत असल्याचा आरोप विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीचे नेते किशोर तिवारी यांनी केला आहे.

विदर्भाचा समावेश महाराष्ट्रात केल्यानंतर नागपूरला राजधानीचा दर्जा देऊन या ठिकाणी कमीतकमी महिन्याभराचे अधिवेशन घेऊन विदर्भाच्या गंभीर प्रश्नांवर चर्चा करून तोडगा काढण्याचे आश्वासन देण्यात आले होते. मात्र सध्या नागपूरचे हिवाळी अधिवेशन म्हणजे सर्व लोकप्रतिनिधी व सनदी अधिकारयांचा सहल, विदर्भाच्या राष्ट्रीय उद्यानात व आजूबाजूच्या पर्यटनस्थळाला भेट देण्याचा कार्यक़्रमच झाला आहे.

नागपूरचे हिवाळी अधिवेशन महिन्यावरून आता जेमतेम दहा दिवसांवर आले असताना त्यातील पाच   दिवस सभागृह स्थगित करून

विरोधी पक्षसुद्धा विदर्भाच्या प्रश्नांना प्रलंबित ठेवण्यासाठी सरकारलामदत करत असल्याचे त्यांनी म्हटले आहे. पॅकेजमधील घोटाळ्याचे निमित्त करून महाराष्ट्रातील ४२ लाख हेक्टरमधील कापसाची नापिकी, ग्रामीण भागातील आरोग्य, रोजगार, आदिवासींच्या कुपोषणाच्या गंभीर समस्या, विदर्भात येत असलेले औष्णिक विद्युत केंद्र आणि सिचन व पिण्याच्या पाण्यावर सरकारने टाकलेला दरोडा हे प्रश्न केव्हा चर्चेला येतील, असा सवालसुद्धा किशोर तिवारी यांनी केला आहे.

महाराष्ट्रात या वर्षी कापूस उत्पादक शेतकरयांचे कमीतकमी २० हजार कोटींचे नुकसान होत असून हीच स्थिती धान, सोयाबीन व ऊस उत्पादकांची झाली आहे. उभे तुरीचे पीकसुद्धा पर्यावरणाच्या गंभीर समस्येमुळे नष्ट झाले आहे. अशा परिस्थितीत महाराष्ट्रातील कृषी विकासदर उणे शून्याच्या खाली २० टक्क्यांच्यावर राहणार असून अशा परिस्थितीमध्ये दिवाळखोर महाराष्ट्राचा आर्थिक विकासदर सुद्धा शून्याच्या खाली जाण्याची भीती निर्माण झाली आहे,

मात्र विधिमंडळात या विषयाबद्दल गंभीरता दिसत नाही, असेही किशोर तिवारी यांनी म्हटले आहे. संपूर्ण ग्रामीण भागात विजेचा प्रश्न गंभीर झाला असून रात्रीच्या झगमगाट पाट्र्या झोडणारया या लोकप्रतिनिधींना हा अंधार केव्हा दिसणार असा प्रश्नसुद्धा विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीने केला आहे.

विदर्भाच्या गंभीर समस्यांची महाराष्ट्र सरकार दखल घेण्यास तयार नसेल आणि विरोधी पक्षही विदर्भाला वारयावर सोडणार असतील तर अशा

परिस्थितीमध्ये महाराष्ट्राने विदर्भाला वेगळे करावे, अशी मागणी करणारे पत्र विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीने राज्यपालांना दिले आहे.

BJP-Sena ignored Irrigation scam for long-TIMES OF INDIA

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BJP-Sena ignored Irrigation scam for long

By Ashish Roy, TNN | Dec 15, 2012, 12.57 AM IST

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/BJP-Sena-ignored-scam-for-long/articleshow/17618836.cms

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Farmer activist Kishor Tiwari pointed out that massive irregularities in irrigation corporations were bared in the CAG and PAC reports of 2008-09 and 2009-10 but the opposition did not demand any action taken reports (ATR) on these Scams  

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NAGPUR: The first week of winter session has seen very little legislative business. Apparently under pressure from low key MLAs, BJP and Shiv Sena leaders have allowed the question hour to proceed but after that it has been only commotion. BJP and Sena say they are raising Rs 70,000 crore irrigation scam since last five sessions but government has refused to order a probe. Hence, they have adopted an aggressive posture this time.

However, insiders in both parties say the opposition is taking advantage of rift between chief ministerPrithviraj Chavan and his deputy Ajit Pawar on the one hand and Ajit and his uncle and NCP supremoSharad Pawar on the other. This is not to deny the conducive atmosphere created by series of exposes on irrigation scams by the media and Ajit Pawar's dramatic resignation, the whitewash white paper and Ajit's re-entry into government.

Opposition leaders were well aware of massive corruption in irrigation projects since years. Many times issue of corruption in a one or two projects was raised by leaders like Eknath Khadse, Subhash Desai, Pandurang Phundkar, Devendra Fadnavis and Vinod Tawde. However, the systematic loot initiated through irrigation projects was never talked about. Whenever, the opposition sought a discussion on irrigation it was mainly on backlog of Vidarbha, Marathwada, Konkan and Khandesh.

That the opposition was not very keen on taking on Ajit Pawar was evident from the fact that even when government did not provide copies of Vadnere Committee report tabled in winter session of 2010 to legislators, there was no outcry. Pawar's role had been directly questioned in this report. Moreover, the detailed report was abridged to just 20-page one. Same was the case with Kulkarni, Upase and Mendhegiri committee reports.

Farmer activist Kishor Tiwari pointed out that massive irregularities in irrigation corporations were bared in the CAG and PAC reports of 2008-09 and 2009-10 but the opposition did not demand any action taken reports (ATR) on these. Senior BJP MLA Devendra Fadnavis, however, defended themselves, "we have much more ammunition in our hands this time. The letter of chief engineer Vijay Pandhre is clear evidence of corruption. That there is something wrong is evident from the fact that the CM agreed to publish a white paper."

"However, when there was no mention of the four enquiry committee reports in the white paper, we decided enough was enough. We first published a black paper to point out what the white paper conveniently did not include and then assumed this aggressive posture," he added.

Governor urged to end Maharashtra legislature deadlock -IANS

Governor urged to end Maharashtra legislature deadlock

http://news.yahoo.com/governor-urged-end-maharashtra-legislature-deadlock-131417736.html

Nagpur, Dec 13 (IANS) A farmers' group Thursday appealed to Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan to urgently intervene to break the stalemate between the ruling and opposition parties to ensure proper functioning of thestate legislature.

In a letter to the governor, the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) expressed concern that both houses of the statelegislature are rendered non-functional during the ongoing fortnight long winter session here, even as the region faces crises in the farming sector.

VJAS chief Kishore Tiwari said that instead of discussing serious issues like the agrarian crises, farmers' suicides, malnutrition in the tribal areas and other challenges, the first four days of the session have been "wasted in verbal fights, gheraos and adjournments over trivial matters".

"It is alleged that legislators are only enjoying parties in clubs and resorts, which is just rubbing salt on the dying people of Vidarbha. When rural (Vidarbha) is getting less than eight hours power supply, there is mega-lighting and celebrations in Nagpur city," Tiwari said in his letter to the governor.

A copy of the letter has also been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee.

Tiwari said that the basic purpose of making Nagpur the second capital of Maharashtra - with the winter session being held here - is defeated as the core issues concerning Vidarbha are not being discussed.

"But all parties are making a mockery of the problems faced by farmers. We demand that Vidarbha should be given separate statehood," Tiwari demanded.

He added that while the allegations of corruption in relief packages which are already being invstigated, are being raised to get media attention, the legislature is not taking up other major issues like food security, health and educational help to the victims of the agrarian crisis in the region, including more than five million cotton farmers.

The state legislature was adjourned for the fourth consecutive day Thursday without transacting any business as the opposition parties stuck to their demand for appointing a special investigating team (SIT) to probe the alleged irrigation department scam.

The session started here Monday, preceded by opposition boycott of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's customary session-eve tea party Sunday.

Barring the obituary references and some other mandatory issues, the houses have virtually remained non-functional with processions, walk-outs, disruptions and adjournments.

Vidarbha Farmers and Tribal urged Mah. Legislators to discuss serious issues of Region

                   

Vidarbha Farmers and Tribal urged Mah. Legislators to Discuss serious issues of Region

Nagpur-9th December 2012

First three days of most awaited Nagpur winter session has gone without any work and now all MLAs are set go back home and remaining legislators and babus  has already booked  near by resort near National Parks for enjoyments even in non working late night birthday parties are going on but most serious issue of cotton, soybean  and paddy  farmers and dying tribal are not being discussed moreover we are surprised that the agenda of opposition does not reflect issues of massive crop failure, land-water diversion and ill management MGNRGA ,NRHM ,ITDS,ICDS  and state Govt. plan to tackle the failure of  Crop, Cost and credit coupled with power projects congestion and tribal malnutrition hence thousands farm widows, distressed dying farmers of  vidarbha urging all legislators to discuss issue in house and come out bailout package to stop on going farmer suicides and tribal starvation in the vidarbha informed  Kishore Tiwari of farm advocacy group Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti today.

“Winter session being held in Nagpur so that core issues of vidarbha are discussed but now days it has been made mockery by all parties and issues are discussed more out side than in the house .The very serious issue of failure of all packages given in the name of debt trapped dying farmers is being in cashed for media focus but relief like food security, health and educational help to victims of agrarian crisis ,moreover basic issues of farm widows and family members of farmers who committed suicide  are neither solved nor even discussed in the house even after all panels all recommended the relief, we are optimistic that remaining days of already curtailed session will have time to discuss the crore issues of backward region” Tiwari added

Maharashtra financial survey followed Budget 2011-12 officially admitted more than 15% negative growth in Agriculture sector    which has badly lowered down GDP growth of Maharashtra is likely report record more than 20% minus negative growth as crops cotton , soybean, pluses , sugarcane and paddy  in more than 9 million hector have reported failure that is very serious issue before state but Scams have overshadow that main crisis state  , this will fuel  financial bankrupt state which debt is above 2 lakhs crore hence we demand status report from Maharashtra Govt. over issue and will press the demand for the same in Nagpur winter session to get bail out package for dying farmers informed , Tiwari added.

"The agrarian crisis related Cost-Crop-Credit has furthered widen to issues of land-water-ecological disorder due to hostile function of Maharashtra CM Prathviraj chavan who failed to give any relief dying vidarbha region moreover crisis has been spread to  Marathawada,  Khandesh and  north Maharashtra too.last year some districts shown positive growth but they under severe drought this year more over for the first time, Maharashtra has officially admitted that cotton yield is likely to reduce by nearly 40%. Bt cotton failure in more than 4 million hectares of land has reduced cotton yield from 3.5 million quintal to 2.2 million quintal. the report sent by the state agricultural department to the Centre states that the estimate of the net direct economic loss to cotton farmers in the state will be nearly Rs6,000 crore, whereas accumulated losses are likely to cross more than Rs20,000 crore due to a steep rise in cultivation costs' Tiwari said .

“We demand a compensation of Rs20,000 per hectare and fresh crop loans for every farmer for the ensuing kharif season. We also want food security and free health education, along with the implementation ofland development, soil enrichment and watershed development under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act,” he said.

He appealed to the government not to mock the farmers. “We hope the state relief packages actually help farmers this time instead of just benefiting contractors, politicians and Multinational agro majors like it has in the past.”

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अजित पवार यांची उपमुख्यमंत्री पदावर फेरनियुक्ती हे शेतकरयांच्या जखमेवर मीठच -विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समिती- तरुण भारत

अजित पवार यांची उपमुख्यमंत्री पदावर फेरनियुक्ती हे शेतकरयांच्या जखमेवरमीठच-विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समिती

तरुण भारत  वृत्तसेवा

यवतमाळ, ९ डिसेंबर

महाराष्ट्र सरकारने सिचन घोटाळ्यातील राष्ट्रवादी काँग्रेसचे वादग्रस्त नेते अजित पवार यांची उपमुख्यमंत्री पदावर फेरनियुक्ती करून विदर्भाच्या आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतकरयांच्या पॅकेजमधील ३० हजार कोटी रुपयांच्या भ्रष्टाचारावर पांघरूण घालण्याचा प्रयत्न म्हणजे विदर्भातील ३० लाख नैराश्यग्रस्त व कर्जबाजारी शेतकरयांच्या जखमेवर मीठ चोळण्याचाच प्रकार आहे. विदर्भाचे शेतकरी या अपमानाचा वचपा काढतील, असा इशारा कापूस उत्पादक शेतकरयांच्या हक्कासाठी लढणारया विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीने दिला आहे.

सिचनामधील हजारो कोटी रुपये मंत्र्यांनी आपल्या पदाचा दुरुपयोग करून भ्रष्ट मार्गानी वळविले. शेतकरयाचे पाणी व शेतकरयांच्या हक्काचे सिचनाचे क्षेत्र कट रचून कमी केले. याविषयी गंभीर स्वरूपाचे आरोप झाल्यानंतर व भ्रष्टाचाराचे पुरावे सिचन विभागाच्या उच्चपदस्थ अधिकारयांनी दिल्यानंतर अजित पवार यांनी लोकलाजेस्तव प्रसिद्धी माध्यम व जनआक्रोशाला शांत करण्यासाठी मुख्यमंत्री पृथ्वीराज चव्हाण व शरद पवार यांनी छुपा समझोता करून हे नाटक घडविले असल्याचे समितीने म्हटले आहे. अजित पवार व सुनील तटकरे यांच्यावर फौजदारी गुन्हे दाखल होऊन त्यांना तुरुंगाची हवा दाखविल्याशिवाय विदर्भाचे शेतकरी शांत बसणार नाही. आम्ही त्यांचा सारा भ्रष्टाचार न्यायालयाद्वारे अंतिम टोकापर्यंत नेऊ आणि आघाडी सरकारला नागडे करू, असा इशाराही विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीचे नेते किशोर तिवारी यांनी दिला.

महाराष्ट्राचे तत्कालीन व आजचे सिचन मंत्री अजित पवार व सुनील तटकरे यांच्यावर ५० हजार कोटींच्या सिचनाचे कंत्राट देताना मोठ्या प्रमाणात भ्रष्टाचार केल्याचे आणि मंत्र्यांनी सर्व नियम व कायदे धाब्यावर बसवून आत्महत्या करणारया शेतकरयांच्या टाळूवरचे लोणी खाण्याचा आरोप होत आहे. असे असताना आपली अडचण टाळण्यासाठी महाराष्ट्राच्या मुख्यमंत्र्यांनी सिचनाच्या सर्व वादावर श्वेतपत्रिका जाहीर करण्याचे सोंग घेतले होते, असे त्यांनी म्हटले आहे. या ‘योजने'तून मुख्यमंत्र्यांनी सर्व विरोधी पक्ष, प्रसार माध्यम व जनतेला शांत केले होते. त्यानंतर श्वेतपत्रिकेमध्ये भ्रष्टाचार करणारया मंत्र्यांवर गाज पडणार असा आवसुद्धा आणला होता. त्यानुसार महाराष्ट्राचे उपमुख्यमंत्री अजित पवार यांनी चारित्र्याचे डोहाळे घेत राजीनामासुद्धा दिला होता. मात्र सरकारने सिचन प्रकल्पावरील श्वेतपत्रिकेत सिचन प्रकल्पात गेल्या ८ वर्षांत झालेल्या भ्रष्टाचाराचा कोणताही उल्लेख केला नसून, एकूणच भ्रष्टाचाराच्या विषयाला संपूर्णपणे बगल दिली असल्याचा आरोप तिवारी यांनी केला आहे.

राष्ट्रवादी काँग्रेसचे आजीमाजी सिचन मंत्री अजित पवार व सुनील तटकरे यांना या सर्व प्रकरणात चारित्र्य प्रमाणपत्र देण्याच्या व दोषमुक्त आहे असे

दाखविण्याचाच महाराष्ट्र सरकारचा प्रयत्न आहे. विदर्भातील शेतकरी व आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतकरी कुटुंबातील विधवा या प्रकाराचा निषेध करत

असून येत्या मंगळवार, ११ डिसेंबरला नागपूर विधान भवनासमोर श्वेतपत्रिकेची होळी करण्यात येणारअसल्याची माहिती विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीचे नेते किशोरतिवारी यांनी दिली आहे.

Maharashtra Agriculture Growth likely Report Record low-Scams shifted focus from Agrarian crisis – VJAS

Maharashtra Agriculture growth likely report record low-Scams shifted focus from Agrarian crisis  – VJAS

Nagpur-9th December 2012
Maharashtra financial survey followed Budget 2011-12 officially admitted more than 15% negative growth in Agriculture sector    which has badly lowered down GDP growth of Maharashtra is likely report record more than 20% minus negative growth as crops cotton , soybean,pluses , sugarcane and paddy  in more than 9 million hector have reported failure that is very serious issue before state but Scams have overshadow that main crisis state  , this will fuel  financial bankrupt state which debt is above 2 lakhs crore hence we demand status report from Maharashtra Govt. over issue and will press the demand for the same in Nagpur winter session to get bail out package for dying vidarbha farmers informed  Kishore Tiwari of farm advocacy group Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti today..

"The agrarian crisis related Cost-Crop-Credit has furthered widen to issues of land-water-ecological disorder due to hostile function of Maharashtra CM Prathviraj chavan who failed to give any relief dying vidarbha region moreover crisis has been spread to  Marathawada,  Khandesh and  north Maharashtra too .last year some districts shown positive growth but they under severe drought this year more over for the first time, Maharashtra has officially admitted that cotton yield is likely to reduce by nearly 40%. Bt cotton failure in more than 4 million hectares of land has reduced cotton yieldfrom 3.5 million quintal to 2.2 million quintal. the report sent by the state agricultural department to the Centre states that the estimate of the net direct economic loss to cotton farmers in the state will be nearly Rs6,000 crore, whereas accumulated losses are likely to cross more than Rs20,000 crore due to a steep rise in cultivation costs' Tiwari said .

The powerful Ajit Pawar is back as deputy chief minister after a little over two months and much drama; and everyone in Maharashtra knew what the climax would be but it has seriously insulted the sentiments of vidarbha cotton and 10,000 families where farmers committed suicides since 2005 and it is just rubbing salt to the wounds of victims of vidarbha agrarian crisis ,we will protest the move will see that he is shown his real position after mega irrigation scam , alleged  Kishore Tiwari urging the Indian prime minister to initiate the action .

We are  surprising and neither was the white paper issued by the water works department, headed by an NCP minister who too faces corruption charges. The white paper gave Mr Pawar a clean chit, paving the way for his return but main issue of corruption is stillpending and Govt. can not cover up the issue like this which will trigger the irrigation crisis hence our protest, Tiwari added.

'Due to rise in the prices of Bt cotton seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and labour since last year has had a huge impact. “The agrarian crisis sweeping through the state due to Bt cotton failure has only widened. Unlike when cotton crop failure was reported only from Vidarbha and Marathawada, reports of such crop failure are now coming in from Khandesh in north Maharashtra, too,National Crime Records Bureau reveals that the number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra are likely to cross 5,000 this year in comparison to the 3,500 last year. The figures last year were, in fact, the highest among all states in India.This is the third year in a row that Bt cotton failure is being reported in Mahahrashtra. Last year, the state paid Rs2,000 crore to 4 million cotton farmers as compensation. Unlike earlier when dry land farmers were affected, even areas with adequate irrigation are facing a crop loss this year.according to state records, Maharashtra grows Bt cotton in 4.2 million hectares of land. This is the largest among all cotton-producing states. Even thenit has been reporting lowest cotton yield of about 5 quintal per hectare since 2006. The latest official estimate says this is likely to fall to 3 quintal per hectare. “This means a net loss of more than Rs38,000 per hectare!” points out Tiwari. 

“We demand a compensation of Rs20,000 per hectare and fresh crop loans for every farmer for the ensuing kharif season. We also want food security and free health education, along with the implementation ofland development, soil enrichment and watershed development under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act,” he said.

He appealed to the government not to mock the farmers. “We hope the state relief packages actually help farmers this time instead of just benefiting contractors, politicians and multinational agro majors like it has in the past.”

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Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti opposed to cash transfer scheme - The Times of India

Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti opposed to cash transfer scheme - The Times of India

By Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Dec 5, 2012, 11.54 AM IST

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vidarbha-Jan-Andolan-Samiti-opposed-to-cash-transfer-scheme/articleshow/17489007.cms

NAGPUR: 5th December2012

The proposed direct cash transfer scheme of subsidy to beneficiaries will adversely affect 10 million tribals and poor people Vidarbha, said Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJS), warning that if the scheme is implemented in Vidarbha, it will also cause massive deforestation.

Tiwari has urged the Centre to suspend the scheme till its implications are not considered and legal status coupled with constitutional validity ofAadhar cards is not approved by Parliament.

The UPA government is planning to give cash to buy food from the market to beneficiaries of Annapurna andAnotyadaya schemes. However, Tiwari warned of food security problem for tribals and other families covered under BPL category.

"Moreover, reducing kerosene quota drastically will lead to large-scale felling of forests. The scheme has not worked well for 25,000 households in Kotkasim, a block in Rajasthan's Alwar district bordering Haryana," said Tiwari.

Our experience has been that beneficiaries will not be able to access the accounts in which the government transfers the money. "Wages under MGNREGA and pension to old widows does not reach them. So what is the guarantee that cash transferred to beneficiary accounts will be utilized for the same purpose," asked Tiwari.

The VJS leader fears this is an attempt to end public distribution system (PDS) to benefit multinationals. The plans to extend cash transfer scheme to food and cooking gas subsidies will also hurt the poor, who should not be left at the mercy of market forces.

The year-old pilot programme on cash transfer in Kotkasim has failed miserably. Most residents complain they did not receive money for one year or at the best got one of the four instalments.

Tiwari said there is a constitutional question mark over validity of much-hyped Aadhar cards too. It cannot be the sole proof for the government scheme for direct transfer of cash to a poor person's account, as banks are not ready to accept Aadhar cards as ID proof, he said.