After 4 Ladki Bahin beneficiaries get Rs 3,000, banks deduct entire amount: BJP leader

Seema Savale said the BJP leaders and workers will meet bank officials Monday and raise the issue.

BJP leader Seema Savale (File Photo)

At least four beneficiaries of the state government’s Ladki Bahin scheme claimed that hours after they received Rs 3,000 — monthly stipend for July and August — in their bank accounts, the entire amount disappeared from their account.

BJP leader Seema Savale Sunday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar highlighting the issue. “I have received at least four complaints from women who received Rs 3,000 in their bank accounts. The women complained that a few hours after they received a message from the bank about the deposited amount, almost entire money disappeared from their account,” Savale The Indian Express.

Savale, who is also the former standing committee chairperson of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, said when the four women and their relatives went to the banks, they were told that their accounts have been inactive and they do not contain minimum balance as per the bank norms. “The bank has also deducted GST amount from their accounts,” she said.

When contacted, Sagar More, a resident of Landewadi, Bhosari, The Indian Express, “My mother first received a message on August 16 which stated Rs 3,000 has been deposited in her account. Next day, when we went to withdraw the amount, the bank officials told us that Rs 2,450 has been deducted as minimum balance, Rs 450 as GST and Rs 100 as SMS charges. Her account balance is now zero.”
Savale said all the four complaints have told her that their balance has now been reduced to zero.

“These are only four cases that have come to light…I think there might be more such cases… I want to appeal to the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Ministers to warn the bank managers and officials not to deduct the amount as it has been paid by the state government to assist the poor womenfolk of Maharashtra and to empower them,” she said.

Savale said the BJP leaders and workers will meet bank officials Monday and raise the issue.

Under Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Scheme, Rs 1,500 is slated to be transferred into the bank accounts of eligible women in the age group of 21 to 65 every month and the government has started releasing Rs 3,000 for months of July and August.

Manoj Dattatrye More

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