Women protest outside DC office
Jamshedpur, Jan 9: Dozens of women beneficiaries of the ‘Maiya Samman Yojana’ staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s Office on Thursday against the Hemant Soren-led JMM government for non-payment of financial aid.
The women accused the state government of neglect and claimed that their repeated appeals for financial assistance have been ignored. They expressed their frustration by shouting slogans and demanding justice.
They shouted slogans, expressed resentment and called out the state administration for what they called ‘step-motherly’ treatment against them.
Dozens of women claimed that they have been deprived of the monetary aid under the scheme and their multiple appeals and requests to the government officials are going unheard and unheeded.
On January 6, Jharkhand government disbursed the stipulated amount of Rs 1,000 into accounts of lakhs of women beneficiaries under the MaiyaSammanYojana, however, it didn’t reach account of these women.
These women pursued many government offices regarding the same but the answer they got was that the website of MaiyaSammanYojana has been down since January 4.
Hundreds of angry women reached the Deputy Commissioner’s office and demonstrated vigorously. They also tore down the banners and posters at the government office.
While raising slogans against the state government, they accused it as well as the officials of harassing them.
Most of the protesting women were residents of Prem Nagar, claimed one of them.
They justified their demonstration, asking “why they were left out in payment of funds, as promised under the scheme”.
Several women claimed that they have been made to run from pillar to post but to no avail.
“We have been visiting government offices and seeking appointments with officials. Nobody is offering any help. We also tried applying via online process but it’s not working,” said one of the protesting woman.
Another one said, “no officer is ready to listen to us”.
Some alleged that many women have not received even a single rupee till now, whereas money was being given to two-three women of the same family.
