Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal’s assault on the PM got here a day after Narendra Modi launched the Rs 13,000-crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana for conventional artisans and craftsmen.
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the launch of the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, alleging that he forgot about crafts individuals for 10 years and remembered them simply earlier than 2024.
Sibal’s assault on the PM got here a day after Modi launched the Rs 13,000-crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana for conventional artisans and craftsmen.
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In a publish on X, Sibal mentioned, ”Vishwakarma Scheme: Hindu Mythology: Vishwakarma was divine carpenter and grasp craftsman of weapons of Gods…Modiji, removed from a divine, grasp craftsman of politics. Forgot about craftsmen and carpenters for 10 years! Remembered them simply earlier than 2024! Convenient. No?” he mentioned.
The Lok Sabha polls are slated to happen in 2024.
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Sibal, who was a Union minister throughout the UPA 1 and a pair of regimes, give up the Congress in May final 12 months and was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an impartial member with the Samajwadi Party’s help.
Under the PM Vishwakarma scheme, artisans and craftspersons shall be supplied recognition by means of a PM Vishwakarma certificates and ID card, credit score help as much as Rs 1 lakh (first tranche) and Rs 2 lakh (second tranche) with a concessional rate of interest of 5 %.
