"UPA government had started Rajiv Gandhi Kishori Balika Shashktikaran Yojna in 200 districts including ten districts of Rajasthan wherein girls in the age group of 11 and 18 were given nutrition but the Raje government had stopped it without any notice in March this year," he said in a statement here.
Taking a dig at the BJP government over its slogan 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao', Pilot asked how can girls be saved in Rajasthan when most of them are anaemic.
"The Vasundhara Raje government's 'poshahar yojna', launched in Aanganbari Kendra, is insufficient and showed disparity and partiality among kids," he alleged.
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