New Delhi: The Congress has raised questions over the timing of the discharge of the fifteenth instalment of the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi, a money switch scheme for farmers, on Wednesday. The get together questioned if it was a deliberate transfer to affect the voters within the upcoming meeting elections in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the place polling might be held in two days.
The PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019, and gives Rs 6,000 per yr to eligible farmers in three equal instalments. The final instalment was launched on August 9, 2021, whereas the earlier one was on October 17, 2020, based on Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh, who posted on X in Hindi.
Ramesh, whose get together is in energy in Chhattisgarh and is contesting towards the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, identified that the fifteenth instalment was being launched on November 15, 2023, simply two days earlier than the single-phase polling in Madhya Pradesh and the second-phase polling in Chhattisgarh. The first section of polling in Chhattisgarh was held on November 7.
He additionally famous that the fifteenth instalment was being launched 10 days earlier than the polling in Rajasthan and 15 days earlier than the polling in Telangana, the place the Congress can also be within the fray. The counting of votes for these states together with Mizoram might be held on December 3.
“Is this delay not intentional?” Ramesh requested in his publish on X.
पीएम-किसान की 6ठी किस्त 1 अगस्त, 2020 को जारी की गई।
पीएम-किसान की 9वीं किस्त 9 अगस्त, 2021 को जारी की गई।
पीएम-किसान की 12वीं किस्त 17 अक्टूबर, 2022 को जारी की गई।
पीएम-किसान के तहत 15वीं किस्त आज यानी कि 15 नवंबर, 2023 को आ रही है।
अब जब छत्तीसगढ़ और मध्यप्रदेश में 2 दिन…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 15, 2023
