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CPI-M slams UPA's idea of 'Har Hath Mein
Phone'
Sunday August 12, 2012 08:27:36 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: The
Congress-led UPA government's proposal to give mobile phones to
every below-poverty line family in the country was a "cruel joke",
the CPI-M Sunday said. The scheme was aimed at diverting public
attention from the multi-billion dollar 2G spectrum scam, the
party claimed.
"The (UPA) government has taken this scheme due to two reasons,
one with an eye on 2014 general elections, and second one is to
divert public attention from the mammoth 2G spectrum scam," said
an editorial in Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)
mouthpiece 'Ganashakti'.
The "Har Hath Mein Phone" (phone in every hand) scheme, which is
expected to be announced by the Congress-led United Progressive
Alliance government soon, aims at providing mobile phones to every
below poverty line (BPL) family in the country along with 200
minutes of free local talk time.
"The central government has failed to provide basic needs such as
food, shelter, education but they are ready to provide mobile
phones under this scheme. What else can we call it other than a
cruel joke on BPL families," the editorial said.
Stating official statistics of 35 crore people living below
poverty line, the editorial stated that in most of the cases the
government has failed to provide basic amenities.
"More than 20 percent of the BPL families don't have electricity
in their homes. And if this scheme becomes a truth, then it means
that most of the BPL families will have a mobile phone but no
electricity," it said.
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