Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday gently told the Supreme Court, which recently directed the government to distribute foodgrains free to the poor, not to get into the 'realm of policy formulation'.
"How can foodgrains be distributed free to an estimated 37 per cent of the population which lives below the poverty line," Singh asked during an interaction with editors at his residence in New Delhi.
It was not not possible to give free foodgrains to all the poor, he said while answering a question on the order of the Apex Court which had directed Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to distribute foodgrains to the poor instead of allowing them to rot.
BECAUSE, my insensitive Prime Minister, the food is rotting, eaten by rats and rodents, who dont pay the Government when millions of people starve!!! And your Government is sitting on a stock pile of food grains while the poor are tightening their belts because they are hungry!! You are talking about the need for people to be happy with 8.8% GDP growth, which is a self actualization need, when their first level, basic needs for food are not met!!.
When will you ever get this into your thick skull?
