[CA] West Bengal quits from Ayushman Bharat

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee called off her six-month association with the national health insurance scheme over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “dirty politics” through government schemes. The Bengal government had in July 2018 signed an agreement with the Centre to implement the health cover scheme under the joint banner Ayushman Bharat-Swasthya Sathi.

 A letter bearing Modi’s photo to the beneficiaries in tow with a health insurance card is learnt to have irked Banerjee. She said that, the state government contributes 40% the cost in the scheme. But I find that the Modi Sarkar is sending letters to the people with his photograph and a logo, bearing lotus stamp, claiming that the scheme is run by them. The letter also has a health card attached. I do not know whether it is fake or real.

She questioned, “Dirty politics is being played by the prime minister. Is Modi Sarkar running a parallel government in all states? If yes, then what are the state governments doing here?”. She flayed the Centre over the crop insurance scheme as well.

With this, West Bengal has joined the states of Telangana, Delhi, Odisha to quit from Ayushman Bharat scheme.