Already facing the allegations of bulldozing the democratic institutions of the state, the PDP-BJP government today undermined the sanctity of the Legislative Assembly by giving wrong information in the House.
In a written reply to the question of Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference member, the government informed the House that Rs 2,000 crore had been approved under the Prime Minister’s Development Package for one-time settlement of 36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb. The government said not even a single penny had been sanctioned so far from the approved fund of Rs 2,000 crore by the Centre.
Out of the 36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb, over 6,600 families have already received relief to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh per family.
On December 12, 2016, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had started disbursement of relief to the refugee families. She had handed over cheques worth Rs. 5.5 lakh each to 25 PoK refugees families.
“The information is completely wrong. To hide its mistake in the release of relief to refugees and displaced persons, the state government has misinformed the Assembly that the Centre has not released any fund so far,” Narendra Singh, BJP general secretary and a refugee leader, told Kashmir Post.
Rajiv Chunni, another refugee leader, expressed surprise over the misleading information provided in the Legislative Assembly. “As of now, all relief cases up to August 2017 have been cleared,” he said.
Official data also revealed that relief under the PM’s package had already been disbursed to over 6,600 families.
In response to an RTI application filed by Rohit Choudhary, a Jammu-based activist, Ram Krishna Swarnakar, Central Public Information Officer, J&K Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, said Rs 308 crore had been released to 6,601 families till date through direct benefit transfer mode in their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
Sagar’s question was about the details of the expenditure incurred on various development works in different sectors under PM’s Rs 80,000-crore package.
Pawan Gupta, Independent MLA from Udhampur, also alleged that wrong reply was given to his question in the Assembly. He alleged that misleading reply was given to his question pertaining to two roads of the Udhampur constituency under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).
Gupta said the government had mentioned that two roads would be taken up under the RIDF in the Udhampur constituency, but both the roads, named in the reply, were not part of his segment. He also announced to move “breach of privilege motion” against the government for furnishing a wrong reply to him on the floor of the Assembly.
What it claimed
The government informed the House that Rs 2,000 crore had been approved under the PM’s Development Package for one-time settlement of 36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb. It said not even a single penny had been sanctioned by the Center.
Relief to 6,600 families
Of the 36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb, over 6,600 families have already received relief to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh per family. On December 12, 2016, the CM started disbursement of relief to the refugee families. She had handed over cheques worth Rs 5.5 lakh each to 25 PoK refugees families.
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