Kangana Ranaut demands inquiry into ‘bungling’ of Rs 1,800 crore Central aid provided last year
Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 6
Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut today demanded a special inquiry into the alleged misuse of the Rs 1,800 crore assistance that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given to the state last year.
Kangana alleged there was corruption in the distribution of relief and people would not tolerate the bungling of funds provided by the Central Government. She criticised Sukhu Singh Sukhu-led Congress regime for its alleged failure to provide Rs 7 lakh to the families of flashflood victims like last year, as provided by the Central Government.
She met with cloudburst victims in Samej village near Rampur in Shimla district and assured them of all help from the Central Government. She assured the cloudburst-affected villagers that the Prime Minister would announce a special package for Himachal like he did last year by providing Rs 1,800 crore.
Kangana alleged, “The state government is totally unconcerned about the sufferings of the flood victims, who have been forced to undertake the construction of a bridge in their village on their own.” She added that no other state had received this kind of Central help and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced a package for Himachal but some other states objected to it.
She said that the Central Government would provide all possible help to the flood-affected people and roll out schemes in consultation with locals. She added that the Central Government was providing funds to Himachal but the state government, which executes and implements schemes, failed to deliver.
On the issue of providing land to the affected villagers in view of damage caused to their land, she said that this was a decision for the state government to take. She admitted that locals want to continue residing in their native Samej village and not to relocate elsewhere.
