Mr Kejriwal asserted that he is willing to accept all conditions of the Central Government unless he is allowed to implement the scheme without any hindrance.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that the doorstep ration delivery scheme of Aam Aadmi Party would not have any name designated to it. The decision has been taken one day after the Central Government said it did not approve of the ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna’ which was scheduled to start from March 25.
Mr Kejriwal asserted that he is willing to accept all conditions of the Central Government unless he is allowed to implement the scheme without any hindrance. “We will accept all conditions of the Centre but will not allow any obstruction in implementation of the scheme,” Mr Kejriwal said in a press conference. The Centre on Friday had asked the Delhi government to stop the implementation of the scheme stating that it was "not permissible" to use subsidized food grain that was allotted under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for a state scheme.
Mr Kejriwal said that according to the letter from the Centre, the doorstep delivery of ration scheme could not be named 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna.' “Perhaps they had objection over Mukhya Mantri word. We are not doing this for credit. So now the scheme will have no name. There will be a Cabinet meeting on Monday and its proposal will be sent to the Centre,” he said.
The Chief Minister claimed the main reason to implement the scheme was to ensure that the poor gets the benefit of doorstep ration delivery and he succeeds in removing ration mafia from the public distribution system. “We dreamt of this scheme for 20-22 years and I was personally preparing for it for last 2-3 years, so our hearts sank after receiving Centre’s objection but now we will not let any obstruction come in its way and accept all their conditions.”
The scheme was supposed to launch on March 25 with doorstep delivery of ration to 100 households in northeast Delhi’s Seemapuri. However, the Central Government had said that they had no objection if the Delhi government came up with a new scheme without the inclusion of elements of the NFSA.
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