Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 17: Coming down heavily on Congress for what he called neglecting the poor and doing nothing much about their health, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State general secretary, Yudhvir Sethi accompanied by Corporator Ward 10, Jammu East, Anil Masoom today said it’s during BJP regime that scheme like Ayushman Bharat have been launched to make interventions in primary, secondary and tertiary care systems, covering both preventive and pro-motive health, to address healthcare holistically.
Yudhvir Sethi was speaking after feeding the claims of the beneficiaries at Rani Talab area here. He said unlike Congress, Narendra Modi Government is committed to the welfare of poor and downtrodden which is why special emphasis was laid on helping people with health initiatives.
He said that both National Health Protection Scheme and wellness centres cover crores of beneficiaries and coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization has benefitted several hundred families. Congress instead of helping poor looted the country and filled their own coffers.
Yudhvir Sethi asked people to realise for themselves which party is working for country and trying to bring it at par with other developed nations. He said today also Congress refuses to admit it’s mistakes and continues to hold demonstrations for damaging India and its secular fibre.
Anil Masoom in his speech informed the gathering that this scheme is portable across the country and a beneficiary covered under the scheme will be allowed to take cashless benefits from any public or private empanelled hospitals across the country.
Among others present include Susheel Kumar, Vishu Pratap, Karan Khujuria, Ram Kumar, Hardev Singh, Amit Arora, Nipun, Sonu, Darshan Singh, Ajay Kumar, Sharda Devi, Manju Devi, Beena Devi and others.
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