Thread by @kaigreene22, #COVID2019 MPLAD and MLALAD fund at the 'command of the legislators' would [...]

Kai Greene

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#COVID2019

MPLAD and MLALAD fund at the & #39;command of the legislators& #39; would anyday have been used by the legislators for the & #39;welfare& #39; of their respective legislative constituencies.

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As a public representative,it would be much better if all our legislators donate one month salary to PM CARES Fund

780+ MPs donating approx 1,50,000 each= 11.7 cr approx(I know it isn& #39;t that big an amount,but still every Penny helps)

#JustSaying

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https://twitter.com/maneeshchhibber/status/1244077378768273410?s=20

#FYI

MPLAD fund for 2020-21 and 2021-22 (amounting to 7900 Cr rupees) has been discontinued and will go to CFI

It& #39;s a good step. Almost every single MP and MLA would pocket 55-75% of this money

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Why good step? How corruption is done?

Case study(in simple words):

Constituency: X
MP: ABC
MP& #39;s nephew :XYZ

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Now what ABC would do is,he would recommend the district officials to release 5 crore (2+2+1) for building a road

To construct the road the district official would call for tender

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Now ABC would force(if he doesn& #39;t agree then transfer,the next person will do it) the district official to give tender to construct the road to his XYZ& #39;s company

Now the XYZ would use substandard material to construct the road in 2.5 Cr rs and would

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show that it was constructed in 5 Cr rs so the remaining 2.5 Cr goes in the pockets of the ABC

Note:Now replace the word MP with MLA, you get the same scenario

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#FYI:

Another significant decision taken is reducing the salary, allowances and pension of MPs by 30% w.e.f. from 01/04/2020

Now some say,it would save merely 60 Cr rupees

So why this hype ?

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The answer is:

Sometimes it& #39;s more about optics

Yes, when people see that our political leaders are willing to take this & #39;extraordinary& #39; and & #39;bipartisan& #39; step, we all get that positive vibe to do our bit(vis-a-vis those who are in much more vulnerable condition)

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To put things in perspective,pic 1 and pic 2 have near same message i.e, significance in terms of & #39;optics& #39;

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