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Dilip Ghosh, 45, received an assistance of Rs 1 lakh from the Prime Minister after The Telegraph reported how he was toiling as a labourer despite his disability just to ensure daughter Shampa, 11, went to school.
Now fellow residents of Mayakhol, 120km from Calcutta, as well as panchayat officials are denying him the foodgrain and pension he is entitled to, saying he is a rich man.
Dilip, however, can only access the interest on Manmohan Singh’s aid — a fixed deposit sanctioned in end-February — which should come to Rs 700-800 a month from April. Shampa alone can draw the principal once she turns 18.
Last week, Dilip tried explaining that to Bangshi Ghosh as he pleaded with the Mayakhol panchayat member to help him get his disabled pension.
“He told me I didn’t need the pension any more. He asked me to go to the Prime Minister if I have any problem in the future. He said, ‘You are a rich man now’,” Dilip said.
“I told him the money was meant solely for my daughter’s education, and that I have access only to the interest. But he laughed at me and asked me to get lost.”
“Tumi to aar BPL nou, tomar ar takar ki dorkar (you no longer live below the poverty line, why do you need money)?” Bangshi told him.
This is a photo of Shampa the poor mans daughter.
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Dilip Ghosh, 45, received an assistance of Rs 1 lakh from the Prime Minister after The Telegraph reported how he was toiling as a labourer despite his disability just to ensure daughter Shampa, 11, went to school.
Now fellow residents of Mayakhol, 120km from Calcutta, as well as panchayat officials are denying him the foodgrain and pension he is entitled to, saying he is a rich man.
Dilip, however, can only access the interest on Manmohan Singh’s aid — a fixed deposit sanctioned in end-February — which should come to Rs 700-800 a month from April. Shampa alone can draw the principal once she turns 18.
Last week, Dilip tried explaining that to Bangshi Ghosh as he pleaded with the Mayakhol panchayat member to help him get his disabled pension.
“He told me I didn’t need the pension any more. He asked me to go to the Prime Minister if I have any problem in the future. He said, ‘You are a rich man now’,” Dilip said.
“I told him the money was meant solely for my daughter’s education, and that I have access only to the interest. But he laughed at me and asked me to get lost.”
“Tumi to aar BPL nou, tomar ar takar ki dorkar (you no longer live below the poverty line, why do you need money)?” Bangshi told him.
This is a photo of Shampa the poor mans daughter.
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