Ram Vilas Paswan Hits Back at Rahul Gandhi, Blames UPA-Era Provision For Non-Updation of NFSA List
Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday rejected Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi's allegations related to the updation of list of beneficiaries under the NFSA.
New Delhi, August 19: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday rejected Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi's allegations related to the updation of list of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Ram Vilas Paswan said it was the UPA government which brought the NFSA with a provision that the list of beneficiaries will be updated after every ten years. Rahul Gandhi Targets Government Saying 2 Crore Jobs Lost in Last 4 Months.
"Rahul Gandhi saying that the Modi government did not expand the list of NFSA beneficiaries is beyond facts. The UPA government, while passing the NFSA Act in 2013, made a provision to expand the list of beneficiaries every 10 years, which is proposed after the 2021 census," Paswan posted in Hindi. The Union Minister added that the Modi government ensured that labourers without ration card get food grains during the COVID-19 crisis. Facebook-BJP Row: Privilege Motion Moved Against Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor by Nishikant Dubey.
Ram Vilas Paswan Rejects Rahul Gandhi's Allegations Over NFSA List:
"Our government felt the need of the poor in this corona crisis and under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package, two months free food grains have been arranged for eight crore migrant labourers and needy people who do not have any ration card," Paswan said. His comments came hours after Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Modi government did not expand the list of beneficiaries under the NFSA which deprived people of ration.
"The Modi government had to expand the list of beneficiaries of NFSA. But the government did not do so. The public did not get ration for their rights and this problem took the form of tragedy," the Wayanad MP tweeted. He also shared a news report which claimed millions of migrants could not get ration because the Centre did not update the NFSA list.
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