Kolkata woman seen in housing ad with PM Modi lives in rented room with no washroom 

A Kolkata woman recently featured in an ad with PM Modi that claimed she had received a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. India Today TV met the woman to find the truth after it was alleged that the woman was not a beneficiary of the central scheme. 

In an advertisement in a few Kolkata newspapers on February 25, a photo of a Kolkata woman was used along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to showcase the success of the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). .#ReporterDiary #RE pic.twitter.com/p7rmVHSlhv The ad titled ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat, Atmanirbhar Bengal’ claimed that 24 lakh families have benefitted from the Centre’s scheme so far in West Bengal. “It is due to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana that I have a house and a roof over my head,” the ad quoted the woman as saying. India Today TV met the woman who identified herself as the one in the ad featuring PM Modi to find out if she indeed was allotted a house under the scheme as claimed in the advertisement.