which is just one-fourth of the original allocation. What could be the reason behind this?
Review - DEKHO
In our country, a Smart City mission was established to transform 100 cities into world-class cities, but its budget has been reduced from 8,000 crore Rupees to 2,400 crore Rupees
Recent RTI replies from multiple Union Ministries say that no permission was ever given to collect donations for Government schemes like Swachh Bharat, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, or Kisan Seva. Yet, during the 2021–22 “micro-donation” drive, people donating through the NaMo App and narendramodi.in were shown these schemes as options, and high-profile endorsements from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J.P. Nadda encouraged citizens to contribute. Did PM Modi and JP Nadda unknowingly endorse a donation drive that collected money under Government scheme names without official approval, or is this a political controversy waiting to explode ahead of the next national election ?
हाल में कई केंद्रीय मंत्रालयों के RTI जवाबों ने साफ कहा है कि स्वच्छ भारत, बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ या किसान सेवा जैसी सरकारी योजनाओं के नाम पर चंदा लेने की किसी को भी अनुमति नहीं दी गई थी। फिर भी 2021–22 की “माइक्रो-डोनेशन” ड्राइव के दौरान NaMo ऐप और narendramodi.in पर दान करने वालों को यही सरकारी योजनाएँ दिखाई गईं और प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी तथा भाजपा अध्यक्ष जे.पी. नड्डा के सार्वजनिक समर्थन ने लोगों को दान करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया। क्या पी.एम. मोदी और जे.पी. नड्डा ने अनजाने में एक ऐसी डोनेशन ड्राइव का समर्थन कर दिया जिसमें सरकारी योजनाओं के नाम का बिना अनुमति इस्तेमाल हुआ या फिर यह मामला अगले राष्ट्रीय चुनाव से पहले बड़ा राजनीतिक विवाद बन सकता है ?
Sunil Jakhar has shaken Punjab’s politics by demanding a Chief Justice, monitored probe into the sudden wealth jumps of MLAs, saying leaders who once travelled on bicycles now own luxury cars and farmhouses worth crores. If such an audit truly happens across all parties, one uncomfortable truth may emerge: How many politicians can actually survive a transparent investigation ? Has sudden, unexplained wealth become so normal in Punjab’s politics that a genuine probe would shake every major party, and is Jakhar’s move the beginning of a storm none of them can escape ?
