'Saubhagya' is repackaging of UPA govt's 2005 scheme: NCP
PTI | Sep 25, 2017, 23:23 IST
PM Modi at the launch of 'Saubhagya' scheme. (PTI photo)
MUMBAI: The NCP on Monday claimed that the 'Saubhagya' scheme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was nothing but repackaging of the UPA government's programme launched in 2005.
"The prime minister has once again launched an old scheme with a new name. A scheme, similar to Saubhagya, was launched by the UPA in 2005 and it was called Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojna, under which, by January 31, 2013, two crore five lakh people were given free power connections," NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said here.
All the "original" schemes this government launched have proven dud, he said.
"Demonetisation, GST implementation did not work out. Even the gold deposit scheme failed. The government is only repackaging the schemes of the previous government that are working well," Malik said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched Rs 16,320-crore 'Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana' (Saubhagya) to provide electricity connections to over four crore families in rural and urban areas by December 2018.
"The prime minister has once again launched an old scheme with a new name. A scheme, similar to Saubhagya, was launched by the UPA in 2005 and it was called Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojna, under which, by January 31, 2013, two crore five lakh people were given free power connections," NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said here.
All the "original" schemes this government launched have proven dud, he said.
"Demonetisation, GST implementation did not work out. Even the gold deposit scheme failed. The government is only repackaging the schemes of the previous government that are working well," Malik said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched Rs 16,320-crore 'Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana' (Saubhagya) to provide electricity connections to over four crore families in rural and urban areas by December 2018.
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