{"id":25434,"date":"2020-05-15T18:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T12:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=25434"},"modified":"2020-05-15T18:18:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T12:48:27","slug":"stimulus-a-cosmetic-measure-to-fool-people-says-stalin-dmk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=25434","title":{"rendered":"Stimulus a cosmetic measure to fool people, says Stalin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The DMK leader asks the Centre to see the real picture on the ground<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DMK president M.K. Stalin on Friday slammed the Central government and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman\u2019s announcements over the last two days, terming them as \u201ccosmetic measures\u201d to fool the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is no real stimulus. These are cosmetic measures that are announced in an attempt to fool the people. Instead of making such ostentatious announcements for political gains, they should step down from their high seats and see the real picture on the ground,\u201d Mr. Stalin said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said when parties like the DMK and the Congress had asked the Centre to provide a relief of \u20b95,000 and \u20b97,500 to the people, to tide over the COVID-19 lockdown crisis, the Finance Minister was announcing \u2018credit card loans\u2019 for farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are offering \u20b910,000 as loans to roadside vendors. When people are suffering from poverty at the moment, these loans will be brought into effect after one month,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Stalin said providing monetary assistance was like providing first aid. \u201cAlready hundres of farmers are committing suicide as they are unable to repay their loans. Now you are placing another large rock on their heads saying you will offer them one more loan,\u201d Mr. Stalin charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He asked Ms. Sitharaman why she could not waive off these loans in one-go like the way former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and the UPA waived off \u20b97,000 crore and \u20b960,000 crore loans respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What was the use of providing rations to migrant workers for two months, when they were presently suffering from hunger, he asked. \u201cTaking care of them is the most important thing, not schemes like \u2018Make in India\u2019 or \u2018Stand up India\u2019. It is the duty of the Indian government to feed its citizens. That is the crux of the Food Security Act as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Stalin also asked the Finance Minister as to how she announced that ration would be provided to eight crore migrant workers when the Home Secretary had earlier informed the Supreme Court that only 4.14 crore migrant workers were there in the country. \u201cWhy is there so much contradiction?,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With inputs from <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/stimulus-a-cosmetic-measure-to-fool-people-says-stalin\/article31593946.ece\">The Hindu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DMK leader asks the Centre to see the real picture on the ground DMK president M.K. Stalin on Friday slammed the Central government and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman\u2019s announcements over the last two days, terming them as \u201ccosmetic measures\u201d to fool the people. \u201cThis is no real stimulus. 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