Mamata Banerjee picked up a fight against the Centre — this time on behalf of the millions of Bengal residents who may be deprived of LPG subsidy because they don’t yet have an Aadhaar number. Mamata called for the Prime Minister’s intervention and threatened to gherao the Indian Oil Corporation office in Dhakuria, south Kolkata, unless the Centre agrees to continue with the subsidy till Aadhaar rollout is complete in Bengal.
Despite objections from the Supreme Court, the Centre is going ahead with its attempt to link domestic LPG subsidy with Aadhaar cards in some districts from November. The direct benefit transfer linkage programme was launched on Friday in Kolkata, Howrah, Cooch Behar. IOC has already issued advertisements and sent messages to consumers about this, triggering panic among 80% of the state’s population that is not yet enrolled.
Despite objections from the Supreme Court, the Centre is going ahead with its attempt to link domestic LPG subsidy with Aadhaar cards in some districts from November. The direct benefit transfer linkage programme was launched on Friday in Kolkata, Howrah, Cooch Behar. IOC has already issued advertisements and sent messages to consumers about this, triggering panic among 80% of the state’s population that is not yet enrolled.
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