Former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says Dainik Bhaskar revealed false data relating to his mom’s pension

Former Minister of Law and Justice of India Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday known as out Hindi information every day Dainik Bhaskar for publishing a report that claimed that his household is receiving advantages within the identify of his mom even after her dying.
Prasad mentioned the report is baseless and devoid of fact, including that her mom’s pension account was closed quickly after she died in December 2020.
मेरी स्वर्गीय माता जी से सम्बंधित इस झूठी और भ्रामक खबर से मुझे बहुत पीड़ा हुयी है। सम्बंधित अखबार ने खबर चलाने से पहले इस विषय में मुझसे या मेरे परिवार से कोई जानकारी प्राप्त नहीं की थी।@DainikBhaskar— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) September 27, 2021
Responding to the story which was posted by Dainik Bhaskar’s official Twitter account, Prasad tweeted, “Dainik Bhaskar has tweeted that my mother’s pension has continued even after her death, which is completely baseless and factually incorrect. My mother died on December 25, 2020, and her pension account was terminated on December 31, 2020. It is impossible to receive a pension in a terminated account.”
The former cabinet minister additionally mentioned he’s deeply pained by the deceptive and false information revealed about his late mom, including that Dainik Bhaskar didn’t search data from him or his members of the family earlier than publishing a slanderous article in opposition to his mom.
‘I’m deeply anguished by the false and deceptive information revealed about my late mom. The involved newspaper didn’t search any data from me or my household earlier than working the information,” Prasad mentioned in one other tweet.
Besides Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nitin Naveen rubbished the claims made by Dainik Bhaskar, stating that he had despatched a mail and requested the involved authorities to shut his mom’s pension quantity on May 13, 2021.
Dainik Bhaskar publishes article claiming Bihar secretariat is paying pensions to lifeless individuals
Earlier as we speak, Dainik Bhaskar revealed a report citing large-scale discrepancies witnessed within the disbursement of pensions to former MLAs. Referring to an RTI response, Dainik Bhaskar claimed that, Vimala Devi, mom of former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, was issued a pension of Rs 30 thousand 750 each month whereas Meera Sinha, mom of Road Construction Minister Nitin Naveen, Government of Bihar, was given Rs 62 thousand as pension quantity within the monetary yr 2021-22. Vimala Devi had died on 25 December 2020 and Meera Sinha breathed her final on 30 March 2021.
Report in Dainik Bhaskar After the clarification by the previous Union Minister, Bhaskar up to date its report, including the reactions by RS Prasad and Nitin Naveen, however the information every day nonetheless maintains that RTI replies reveal pensions have been issued within the identify of Prasad’s mom and Naveen’s mom within the 2021-22 monetary yr.
Report by Bhaskar Bhaskar has claimed that they’d initiated an investigation into the beneficiaries of the pension scheme and located names of individuals on the checklist who’ve died years in the past. Among the pensioners of the Begusarai district, Bhaskar acquired the identify of Saraswati Devi, spouse of former Teghra MLA Rameshwar Singh.
Saraswati Devi had died on January 25, 2018, however an investigation performed by Bhaskar claimed that Bihar Secretariat remains to be depositing pension quantities in her account. The Bhaskar report added that the descendants of Saraswati Devi do not know that pension is being issued of their mom’s identify. The household lives in poverty in a straw dwelling of their village. The report cites a number of different situations the place former MLAs and their spouses have expired however the authorities remains to be issuing pensions of their names. The report hints at corruption at totally different ranges of the Bihar authorities.