Responding to Health Minister Satynder Jain, lieutenant Governor Anil Bijal said it is important that the resources of the Government are used first to help the poor and needy as no Government can have unlimited resources. “The affluent sections of the society should not crowd out the deserving poor. It is really strange to note that the elected Government is of the view that the resources of the state should be used to provide financial assistance to the rich people staying in posh colonies.
“The l-G never advised to exclude the middle Class from the scheme. The Government is free to choose an appropriate income level that does not exclude the middle classes and the poor from the scheme,” a release from the l-G’s office stated.