Haryana: Sirsa MP calls for probe into pill distribution ‘rip-off’
Senior Congress chief and Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Sunday mentioned that the reality of training system in Haryana underneath the BJP authorities has been totally uncovered with 5 lakh e-tablets bought in the course of the submit Covid-19 pandemic interval turning into mere toys.
Demanding an “neutral investigation” into what she referred to as the “pill rip-off” and looking for strict motion towards the responsible officers, Selja mentioned that each part of society is struggling because of the incorrect insurance policies of the BJP authorities.
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the Haryana authorities in 2022 applied a ₹620 crore tablet-based digital studying programme referred to as e-Adhigam. Over 5 lakh college students of presidency colleges of Class 10 and 12 had been offered tablets loaded with PAL software program and enabled with free web providers by means of information SIM playing cards.
In an announcement Selja mentioned that these tablets web entry, at the moment are non-functional and hanging indefinitely.
“Nobody is aware of when they’ll begin working,” the Sirsa MP mentioned, including that although this scheme was launched in the course of the tenure of then-chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, the present authorities has utterly derailed it.
“As an alternative of benefiting college students, it has precipitated them extra hurt. The curriculum was solely loaded for 3 years, and although the federal government deliberate to replace the information, even that process was left incomplete,” she mentioned, accusing the federal government of blindly implementing schemes by relying solely on officers and with out assessing whether or not they’re helpful or dangerous.
She mentioned that the tutorial session of April 2025–26 has already begun and tablets haven’t been distributed.
“They’re most likely mendacity in some nook and gathering mud.”
All the scheme of distributing computer systems, tablets, and Edusets with out correct planning reeks of corruption, she mentioned, demanding that if the tablets are defective, they need to be repaired and distributed to youngsters together with SIM and web services, as they had been bought maintaining college students’ pursuits in thoughts. “Or else, the federal government ought to overtly admit that ₹700 crore has gone down the drain,” she mentioned.
