Political controversy has intensified after about 80 lakh women were found ineligible during the verification process in the Maharashtra government’s flagship welfare scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin’. Senior leader of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) Jayant Patil on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the government and demanded accountability.

Why benefits to fake beneficiaries for 20 months?

Jayant Patil raised the question that, if 80 lakh beneficiaries in this scheme were fake, then why did the government give them the benefits of the scheme for the last 20 months? Expressing doubt he asked – was this planned corruption? Patil further said – At the rate of Rs 1,500 per woman per month, approximately Rs 24,000 crore was distributed to these 80 lakh ineligible women. The government should tell who is responsible for this huge amount?

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A game played for electoral gain?

The former minister alleged that the government did not make any concrete verification system while starting the scheme. He also raised the question whether this scheme was implemented without investigation for electoral gains. Jayant Patil demanded that the government fix responsibility for this lapse and clarify how such a large number of beneficiaries were suddenly found ineligible.

government defense

On the other hand, Maharashtra government has clarified that the scheme will not be stopped. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that even after verification, 1.70 crore eligible women will continue to benefit from the scheme. The government claims that the ineligible ones have been removed after the completion of the e-KYC process. Whereas opposition parties have termed it as “negligence and corruption”.

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