President of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Mahila Wing V. Anitha has alleged that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is cheating women, especially mothers, by bringing in new rules for the recipients of ‘Amma Vodi’ scheme with an intention to reduce the number of beneficiaries. She along with the Mahila wing members staged a protest by putting ‘flowers in their ears’, here on Saturday.
Later, addressing a press conference at the TDP office, Ms Anitha said that due to COVID-19 situation, a number of students have not attended schools properly since the last one year. However, the government without considering the fact has made 75% attendance compulsory for the scheme, which is an attempt to deprive the people of the benefit, she alleged.
Ms. Anitha said that according to the new rules being brought, the electricity consumption of the household should not be more than 250 units. It is almost impossible for any house to use below 250 units of electricity in this peak summer. The new rules also state that the family should not be an Income Tax assessee or own a vehicle, which is atrocious, she claimed.
“Why did’nt you (Mr. Jagan) tell about them before the elections. If the State Government do not have the capacity to deliver a welfare scheme, then they should announce it openly, but should not bring in new rules to reduce the number of beneficiaries,” she said.
She said that unable to pay fee in corporate schools, several parents have shifted their children to government schools after the announcement of Amma Vodi. Now, they are fearing that they would not be considered a beneficiary, she said.
