By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: RJD members of Bihar Assembly walked out of the House on minority issue yesterday. They were protesting as they did not get satisfactory reply from state minister for minority affairs Mr. Shahid Ali Khan when they wanted to know as to why any welfare scheme has not been seen in the seven listed minority concentrated districts for which the central government provided funds.
It is noted that central government in April 2008 granted Rs 523.20 crore for the development of seven MCDs in Bihar: Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia, Katihar, Sitamarhi, West Champaran and Darbhanga.
Answering the question Mr. Shahid Ali Khan had said: “In February 2009 central government approved Rs 36.63 crore for the welfare schemes in Darbhanga, Katihar and Araria and we have been provided Rs 16.75 crore for the first term. While in May 2009 Rs 74.72 crore has been approved for Stamarhi, Purnia, and Kishanganj but unfortunately we did not receive the amount.”
“Our ministry has appealed to Centre to provide the amount for this.We have sent a latter to the Centre on 11th June 2009” said Mr. Shahid Ali Khan.
He further said that so far Rs 111.5 crore has been approved by central government for six out of seven selected districts and ministry of minority welfare is preparing to implement the schemes in these districts.
No sooner Mr. Khan finished his answers than RJD senior leaders such as Abdul Bari Siddiqee, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Akhtrul Iman, and Md. Nehaluddin etc. stood up and opened a barrage of questions and blamed that these schemes of the central government would be implemented by the committee of 15 points program but unfortunately the committee has not been formed in these districts that is sign of carelessness of the state government. Later RJD members boycotted the Assembly and walked out raising slogans against the government.
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