Priyanka Chaturvedi Asks Nirmala Sitharaman Whether Rs 500 Under Gareeb Kalyan Yojana is Going to Needy People Amid Coronavirus Lockdown After Doordarshan Posts Videos

New Delhi, April 17: The Modi government has announced monthly financial assistance of Rs 500 for women who have Jan Dhan accounts to help them during the coronavirus lockdown. However, questions are being raised whether the financial help is reaching to deserving people after Doordrashan shared a video of a woman is apparently well off and yet received Rs 500 because she has a bank account under Jan Dhan Yojana. More Than 32 Crore Poor Get Rs 29,352 Crore Aid Under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana.

In the DD video, the woman says she received a lot of help from the Modi government. "In these days of lockdown, Prime Minister has helped and supported us a lot. Free ration is being distributed in households. No one has a job. Rs 500 is being credited in bank accounts under Jan Dhan Yojna. For this, I wan to thank Prime Minister," she can be heard saying in the video. The video is apparently taken outside the woman's house. More such videos were shared by Doordarshan. Most women who featured in the video seemed financially stable. Money Transferred to Bank Accounts by Government During Coronavirus Lockdown Will be Taken Back if Not Withdrawn? PIB Fact-Checks Fake Viral Message.

Reacting to the video, Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi sought to know from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman whether the financial help is going to indeed needy people. "Hoping this video will alert our Finance Minister that the amount of Rs500 is perhaps being wrongly credited to those who may not need it instead of those who desperately need it during this crisis," Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted.

Priyanka Chaturvedi's Tweet:

Twitterati raised the same question and asked whether the woman in the video seriously needed the money. Here are some reactions to the DD video:

Some even pointed out that the woman could be a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party as there is a ticker of the party with picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pasted on her house.

Nirmala Sitharaman had announced a relief package of Rs 1,70,000 crore for poor who are facing hardships during the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. As part of the package, she had said, Rs 2000 will be given to farmers and Rs 500 to women who have Jan Dhan accounts. According to the government, more than 32 crore people have received Rs 29,352 crore financial assistance as part of the relief package.

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