Delhi Chief Minister SheilaDikshit today came under attack from BJP for her comment thatRs 600 per month could provide for basic needs like pulses andrice for a family of five.
Dikshit, however, responded by saying that her remark hadbeen presented out of context and those criticising the schemehad not understood the concept.
Attacking Dikshit for her comment at the launch of foodsecurity scheme 'Dilli Anna Shri Yojna' here yesterday, BJPleader Vijay Goel said that the Chief Minister had no idea ofthe cost of flour and pulses.
"Dikshit has never been to a jhuggi cluster, unauthorisedcolony, village... That is why despite being a woman, she hasno idea of 'atta' and 'dal'....Before elections this schemehas been brought to lure voters," he said.
Goel also said that Dikshit's claim that Rs 600 wereenough to sustain a family of five meant that Rs 4 were enoughfor one person a day. He said that Planning Commission DeputyChairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia had also earlier said that Rs27 in rural and Rs 32 a day in urban areas were sufficient forsustenance.
He questioned the criterion for identifying thegovernment's cash transfer scheme and said that it was only aploy to attract voters in the elections that were approaching.
BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also hit out at theChief Minister over her reported statement. "It is punching apoor man on his face after inflation....The Delhi Governmenthas carried out economic blockade of the poor," he said.
In Chennai, party leader M Venkaiah Naidu attackedCongress, saying that before it talked about direct cashtransfer scheme, it should answer the allegations of cashtransfer from the US Walmart.