Ahead of the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan scheme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday termed it as a ‘bribe’ given by the NDA government to each agricultural family to get their votes.
In a series of tweets, Mr Chidambaram said it was a shame that the Election Commission was unable to stop the ‘bribe for votes’.
‘Today is the ‘Cash for Vote’ day. The BJP government will officially give a bribe of Rs 2000 per agricultural family to get their votes. The money will go to the cultivating farmer as well as the absentee landlord. Nothing can be more shameful in a democracy than ‘Bribe for Votes,’ Mr Chidambaram tweeted.
Criticising the Election Commission for being unable to stop the ‘bribe for votes’, the leader said,’
The greater shame is that the Election Commission is unable to stop the ‘Bribe for Votes’.’
The PM is scheduled to launch the Rs 75,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Gorakhpur today. (UNI)
