PRP promises monthly family food package scheme at Rs 200

Chiranjeevi, Praja Rajyam Party
PRP promises monthly family food package scheme at Rs 200
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200903181632.htm
Hyderabad (PTI): Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) has come up with yet another populist food package scheme promising a gas cylinder and grocery items for Rs 200 a month to woo voters ahead of the elections due next month in Andhra Pradesh.

This is the PRP's most important promise to the people which will ensure food security, PRP official spokesman Parakala Prabhakar told a press conference here on Wednesday.

Under the scheme, cooking gas would be supplied at Rs 100 per cylinder and grocery items for another Rs 100, which should be sufficient for a poor family for a month, Mr. Prabhakar said.

He, however, did not give any details of grocery items. This would be the first scheme that the PRP would be implementing if voted into power.

"Our scheme is by far the best. It is even better than the cash transfer scheme promised by the principal opposition Telugu Desam Party and other schemes being implemented by the Congress government," the PRP spokesman claimed.

He alleged that both the state and Central governments had failed to curb food inflation that threatened food security of the common people. The Rs 200 food package scheme would negate the impact of inflation and fill the stomachs of the poor, Mr. Prabhakar added.

The PRP also promised an industrial policy that would generate employment. "Our philosophy, slogan and policy is work for all hands and food for all stomachs. We shall encourage industrial growth in a big way so as to generate more jobs," he said.

The PRP in its election manifesto promised to create 10 lakh jobs in 1000 days, both in private and public sectors.

Meanwhile, Mr. Prabhakar wanted the Election Commission to immediately weed out about "30 lakh bogus voters" from the electoral rolls.

"We submitted documentary evidence related to 70,000 bogus voters. In fact, the state has over 30 lakh bogus voters and all of them have to be removed from the rolls to ensure a free and fair election," he said.

The PRP would take appropriate action if the EC did not remove the bogus voters from the list by March 23, he added.

source: hindu

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