NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, APRIL 11
Former Union Finance Minister urges the Congress and non-Congress Chief Ministers’ to demand the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to transfer cash to poor families on Saturday.
Chief Ministers – @capt_amarinder @ashokgehlot51 @bhupeshbaghel @VNarayanasami @uddhavthackeray @EPSTamilNadu should tell the Prime Minister today that just as LIVES are important LIVELIHOOD of the poor is important.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) April 11, 2020
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chief Ministers, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday urged CMs of states where the party is in power to unanimously demand for transfer of cash to every poor family.
IMF has given USD 1 billion
ADB has committed and will give USD 2.5 billion@narendramodi @PMOIndia @nsitharaman @FinMinIndia
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) April 11, 2020
He said the poor have lost their jobs and have exhausted their savings during the last three weeks of lockdown. They are now standing in lines to get free food, the former Union finance minister said.
Chidambaram said remonetising the poor would cost only Rs 65,000 crore, which is economically viable.
“Chief Ministers Amarinder Singh, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, V Narayanasami, Uddhav Thackeray and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswani should tell the Prime Minister today that just as lives are important livelihood of the poor is important,” Chidambaram tweeted.
“The poor have lost their jobs or self-employment in the last 18 days. They have exhausted their meagre savings. Many are standing in line for food,” Chidambaram said.
Can the state stand by and watch them go hungry,” he asked, adding that chief ministers should demand that cash be transferred to every poor family immediately.
“Remonetise the poor should be their unanimous demand,” he said.
