Poor not getting ration on time: Hooda

Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said neither the BJP government was able to provide ration to the poor on time, nor is it giving commission to depot holders.

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He said depot holders had not got the commission for the last nine months, putting the livelihood of their families in danger.

“The situation is such that the government has allotted millets for the month of September late at many places. There is even news that the millets for September were distributed till October 12. The government often delays the distribution of mustard oil. Sometimes the poor get the oil with a delay of two or three months,” he said.

Hooda said the BJP did a lot of fraud in making BPL ration cards to gain electoral benefits, and the poor were suffering the consequences of this and were not able to get ration on time.

“It is surprising that now after the elections, the government is saying that it will investigate how so many ration cards were made,” he pointed out.

“Doesn't the government know that it has put a snake called family ID around the neck of the people of Haryana, and BPL ration cards were made on the basis of these. Whatever mess has happened, the government itself has done it. Now with what face is the government talking about investigation,” he questioned.

The former Chief Minister said earlier the BJP government cut the ration cards of lakhs of needy people in the name of family ID and pushed the poor into food insecurity. “The bottom line is that more than 70 per cent of the population of Haryana has come below the poverty line. That is, Haryana has become one of the poorest states in the country. All this has happened due to the performance of the current government,” he said.

“The Congress demands timely ration to the poor and timely commission to the depot holders. The Congress government had brought the right to food. Today the BJP government is not able to run this scheme smoothly,” he stated.