Raipur,
March 19, 2013
Leader of opposition Ravindra Choubey on Tuesday said that state
government received Rs 3 lakh crore in ten years but failed to do anything for
poor, youth and farmers. “Where has this fund gone when the government has
failed to use it? Why its schemes are not reaching to the end beneficiaries?
Why has it failed to produce result? Actually, it is incapable in doing
balanced development of the state,” said Choubey while participating in debate
over Chhattisgarh appropriation bill 2013 related to budget 2013-14 at state
assembly.
“About 4 lakh acres of farmers’ land has been
given to the industrialists. Still, the industries do not give jobs to state’s
youths,” he said.
He pointed that government’s claims of high
agricultural production was contradictory to shrinking crop area of the state.
“It is an irony that this government has reduced
value added tax (VAT) used on diesel used in industries but did not cut down
VAT on diesel used by farmers,” he said.
“The government has not established any
agri-based industry in last ten years. It has neither done anything for farmer
nor for agriculture sector,” he added.
On chief minister’s announcement of Rs 270 paddy
bonus distribution to farmers, Choubey said the government could not rub its
hand merely by declaring one year’s bonus as it owed over Rs 4000 crore bonus
of two more years.
“The farmers know how to take their remaining
bonus and they are just waiting for the right time,” he said.
He informed the farmers of village Nariyara
(Janjgir) were striking for the past several months with their demand of proper
compensation against their lands being acquired by industrialists, but the
government was ignoring them. “Rather, when they shouted slogans, the police
lathicharged on them,” he added.
He said the government was working in two
directions and needed to search the face of development.
Indicating that law and order in the state was in
haywire he said - “There is no dearth of fund fro infrastructural development
of home department, however the government failed to protect tribal girls of
Jhaliyamari,” he added.
“We do not object when you give red carpet
welcome to industrialists, but we feel sad when a tribal girl Meena Khalkhon
gets killed and police fail to arrest the culprits,” he said.
“It is also frustrating that the government does
not take action against industries that give protection money to naxals as it
happened in case of Essar. Why is it protecting industrialists? The CM should
tell the House why his government is adopting double standards,” he added.
He alleged that the government launched Mukhyamantri
Swasthya Bima Yojna (MMSBY) only to take poll benefit but not to benefit the
needy. “The government has not yet done agreement with hospitals under MMSBY,
hence the patients are not getting benefit of this facility,” he pointed.
He said the government was also supposed to make
32 lakh smart cards but had only issued 25 lakh.
On education he said despite providing lands and
other facilities to private schools the government had failed to ensure that
such institutions keep 15% of their seats for children from financially weaker
section.
“It is also surprising that the government is
planning to sell its guarantee bonds worth 1500 crore. Is it facing acute financial crisis? If not
then why it has resorted to this step,” he inquired.
On health he said the state had become hub of
duplicate medicines. He pointed that several posts of paramedical staff and
other support staff still were vacant. He said maximum corruption happen in
health department.
He also lashed the government for not making any
effective plan to create job opportunities for youth.
He further asked the CM to fulfil his party’s
promise give equal salary equal posts to Shikshakarmis.
He said despite government’s claims that state
marked high GDP rate and increased per capita income the condition of poor and
farmers was dejected.
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