SAD leader Anil Joshi alleges scam in ration distribution

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 19

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Anil Joshi has alleged that an individual in connivance with Congress MLA has been managing subsidised ration of 15 depots.

Joshi said, “The needy are complaining of not getting adequate supply. A family having five members was given ration just for two persons. Many blue card holders are running from pillar to post after their names were struck off from the lists of beneficiaries.”

“After I raised voice against this injustice, I received a video in which depot holders are threatening to burn his effigies across state. I does not fear and stand by impoverished people and will not tolerate their rights being snatched away,” said Joshi.

‘Sidhu cannot become CM’

Former local bodies minister Anil Joshi said PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is unlikely to become Chief Minister. Once an aide of Sidhu, Joshi said as he belongs to the Pandit community, he knows that Sidhu does not have a line on his palm, which can make him the Chief Minister.

He said the government released stock of ration for 10 months during the Covid-19 induced lockdown and some depot holders installed their own flour mills.

Joshi claimed that it obviously hinted that there was connivance among officials and the minister. He said he would write to Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and seek Vigilance Bureau probe.

He also asked PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu to show where he had spent Rs 60 crore as an MLA during the last five years.

Joshi also condemned the Health Department under for its inability to curb dengue. “More than Covid-19, people suffering from dengue are dying. All hospitals are overcrowded. Government issued health cards are not being accepted,” said the Akali leader .

He equated the Congress government to a chit fund company, which promise to double the money within months. Similarly, they are promising free utilities, including power and water, he said.

He said the Centre should find solution to the demands of the agitating farmers and urged farm leaders to avoid frequent bandhs as they hit the state’s economy.

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