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Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Council, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, connected Friday took a swipe astatine the State government’s nationalist run opposing the revised MGNREGA framework, questioning whether akin publicity had been fixed to alleged irregularities successful the implementation of the scheme.
Referring to advertisements opposing the Union Government’s VB-G RAM G Act featuring caricatures of Mahatma Gandhi having a speech with a antheral named “Sangappa”, who is depicted wearing a achromatic garment and khaki trousers, helium asked whether the authorities had besides informed the nationalist astir “what Nungappa (taking a excavation astatine alleged corruption successful the implementation of MGNREGA) has done.” The remark drew attraction during the treatment connected the question of acknowledgment to the Governor’s address.
Turning to the Governor’s address, helium said it contained nary caller initiatives and simply reiterated the already approved programmes. He mocked the ruling enactment for repeatedly referring to them arsenic achievements of “my government”, portion remaining soundless connected issues specified arsenic the Valmiki corp scam, alleged irregularities successful MUDA tract allotments, farmers’ suicides, the disorder implicit interior reservation, and the decease of 11 radical successful the stampede adjacent the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Not a scam
Mr. Narayanaswamy alleged that nether MGNREGA, irregularities had go routine, and accused the authorities of allowing large-scale misuse of funds successful the names of beneficiaries successful districts specified arsenic Yadgir, Kalaburagi and Vijayapura, isolated from respective different parts of the country.
Defending the Centre’s intervention, helium said the strategy had been restructured to forestall misuse and to amended agrarian livelihoods. He pointed retired that the fig of guaranteed workdays had been accrued from 100 to 125, wages were to beryllium credited straight to beneficiaries lone aft enactment was completed, and payments were to beryllium made wrong 14 days. “What is incorrect with these provisions?” helium asked.
