Ration distribution was unfair, claims BJP

Ludhiana: The office-bearers of the BJP held a press conference on Sunday, where they alleged that during Covid-19 actual beneficiaries were not given ration and instead some unknown persons availed of the same. They claimed that they matched Aadhar card numbers with depot cards of 100 people randomly in central constituency and at least one fourth of them were found false. They also found out that ration was distributed on the cards of those beneficiaries who had died a few years back. They questioned the system of distribution of ration among the poor.
BJP leader Anil Sareen while describing the facts said, “We randomly checked Aadhar cards of a few beneficiaries from central constituency as Aadhar cards are linked with ration cards and startling facts came to light.” While quoting a few examples, he said there was a beneficiary, Kanta Rani, who had died on September 11, 2019, but her card was attached with Rajesh Kumar, who is not related to her and ration was distributed on this card twice. Similarly, Ashok Kumar Sharma had one ration card and six family members were attached on this card. Out of the six, two family members had died but despite giving information about their deaths ration was distributed for six people on this card.
Sareen claimed that they had been raising the voice against unfair ration distribution earlier also and now they had checked everything. He said they would check in other constituencies as well.
The BJP office-bearers also alleged that one councillor in central constituency, who was earlier in the BJP and then shifted to Congress ideally should not have ration depot, but he was running one. Not only this, his father was also having a ration depot and after his death even that came to him. They claimed that he was notorious for unfair ration distribution.