Citing Yaas Impact Amid Covid, Congress Leader Seeks Release Of MP Funds Citing Yaas Impact Amid Covid, Congress Leader Seeks Release Of MP Funds The government suspended the scheme last year in view of the impact of the pandemic.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is Congress leader in Lok Sabha and heads the party unit in Bengal
Kolkata:
Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Speaker Om Birla today, seeking the release of MPLADS funds so that MPs can help people at a time when the Covid situation in West Bengal and Odisha is likely to worsen due to the impact of Cyclone Yaas.
NEW DELHI: CPI MP Binoy Viswam on Thursday urged the government to restart the MPLADS fund, which was discontinued last year, so that elected representatives can use the money in their constituencies for COVID-related care.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Viswam said the MPLADS fund was stopped last year so that the money could be used to fight the pandemic, but with the shortcomings of the government now exposed, the fund should be restarted.
The CPI MP said the money that is being saved by the government currently from the MPLADS funds can be recovered by the suspension of other projects such as the Central Vista project at a time when the country is struggling to deal with the pandemic .
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Former Madhepura MP and Jan Adhikar Party president Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has triggered a controversy after raiding a place where over two dozen ambulances purchased from the funds provided by Saran Lok Sabha MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy were parked .
The ambulances had Rudy’s name and were bought using funds from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).
Accompanied with his supporters, Yadav visited the place on Friday where the ambulances were standing and after a tiff with the security men went inside and removed the tarpaulin cover from the stationary ambulances.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has donated Rs 1.5 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) fund for the purchase of medical equipment in his Lok Sabha Constituency Haridwar to fight the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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