Jogi asks govt to expedite UID card making process

Raipur, December 03, 2012

Senior Congress legislator Ajit Jogi has asked the government to concentrate on expediting unique identity (UID) card making process instead of opposing Centre’s cash subsidy transfer scheme (CSTS) which is intended to directly benefit the poor.

“The chief minister Raman Singh’s argument that implementation of CSTS would be difficult in tribal regions that lack adequate number of banks is completely baseless as the Centre had launched this scheme after considering all the possible hindrances,” he said.

“There will be no role of middlemen and profiteers with implementation of CSTS and the poor beneficiaries would receive subsidised amount directly in their bank accounts. By opposing this scheme, the BJP government has proved that it is anti-poor and more concerned about interests of middlemen,” he said.

Taking at a dig at the government over rising naxal incidents, Jogi said the former seemed less interested in eradicating the extremists as it aimed to increase its vote percentage though bogus voting.

He said the BJP made the government in 2003 and 2008 by leading just by one percent vote from Congress.