Pork Barrel spending in the name of religion: BJP spends 5,000 crores on Ujjain Kumbh Mela

by Guest Mon May 16, 2016 1:03 am

Madhya Pradesh Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh, who is in charge of Ujjain district, told The Indian Express that the state government has not sought any money from the Centre for the Kumbh.
“Maybe, the Chief Minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan) asked for funds but I am not privy to it,’’ he said. The state government has already spent Rs 3,400 crore on the event with the total expected to reach Rs 5,000 crore, he added.
In a recent press release, the state government had said it has already spent Rs 3,183 crore on 487 kumbh-related works, including construction of roads, bridges and flyovers, and for providing electricity, water and medical facilities at the venue spread over 3,061 hectares.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/biggest-allocation-kumbh-gets-a-central-boost-rs-100-cr-to-madhya-pradesh-2758219/

by smArtha Mon May 16, 2016 12:37 pm

Unlike the more secular Haj Subsidy this one is very religious indeed.

by Guest Mon May 16, 2016 2:27 pm

smArtha wrote:Unlike the more secular Haj Subsidy this one is very religious indeed.

all religion based subsidies including Haj subsidy and Kailas-Mansarovar subsidy should be scrapped. The Govt should use the money to help the poor.

by goodcitizn Mon May 16, 2016 2:48 pm

Rashmun wrote:
smArtha wrote:Unlike the more secular Haj Subsidy this one is very religious indeed.

all religion based subsidies including Haj subsidy and Kailas-Mansarovar subsidy should be scrapped. The Govt should use the money to help the poor.

I agree.

by rawemotions Tue May 17, 2016 10:48 pm

goodcitizn wrote:
Rashmun wrote:
smArtha wrote:Unlike the more secular Haj Subsidy this one is very religious indeed.

all religion based subsidies including Haj subsidy and Kailas-Mansarovar subsidy should be scrapped. The Govt should use the money to help the poor.
I agree.

The government takes away money ONLY from Hindu temples. And they are spending it. But it is still miniscule compared to what has been looted over the past 60 years.

Let the state and central governments stop looting money from Hindu temples. They should return this money with interest!

Kerala government gives away lands to Churches and Mosques and loots money from Hindu tenples. Let them stop that!
The Political Islamists of Jammu & Kashmir instead of facilitating, prevents Hindu Pilgrims from visiting Temples forcing them to go on certain difficult routes, even though these have been used by Hindus for ages. This causes extra expenses for Pilgrims who have to incur additional cost, which is un-necessary. Let them stop that.

In general, it is government job's to construct facilities for Pilgrims , facilitate transportation and ensure law and order. The city constructs facilities to also encourage tourism. This will happen irrespective of whether it is Kumbh, Amritsar, Goa, Sravanabelagola or Ajmer.

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