West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday sharpened her attack on the UPA-II at the Centre by claiming that the high price of unsubsidised LPG cylinders would impact the mid-day meal schemes across various schools.
“The Central Government has never thought about the fate of poor school children provided with mid-day meals. There is a fear that these school children may have to go without food in schools due to the enormous increase in price of unsubsidised LPG cylinders,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
According to her, common people have been burdened with an additional Rs 127 (exclusive of taxes) per cylinder.
“The price is likely to go up further in the coming months. Is it what the common people expect from reforms?” she questioned.
Labelling the decision to reduce subsidies on LPG cylinders as “unethical and immoral”; Banerjee said: “In the name of reforms, loot chalche loot (people are being robbed). To suppress it, jhoot chalche jhoot (the Centre is lying). The decisions are unethical and immoral. I’m told that more such unpleasant decisions are in the offing.”