TURA: The BJP in North Garo Hills has alleged that beneficiaries are not getting their allotted quota of rice and sugar as per the National Food Security Act and called on Deputy Commissioner S C Sadhu to constitute an inquiry into the matter.
Following large scale complaints of anomalies in the Food Security Act, a delegation of the BJP led by its district president Bachu Ch Marak paid a visit to Nogolpara village of Dainadubi on Thursday morning to meet villagers who did not receive their quota of rice and sugar.
“We found that there was no fair price dealer in that village and the vigilance committee had taken up the distribution of the PDS food stock. But on a closer inspection it was found that they were providing the beneficiaries just a portion of the allotment they were supposed to get,” claimed the BJP leader.
The fact finding team of the BJP alleged that beneficiaries were being provided only 3 kgs of rice when they were supposed to get five kilograms per person. A family of six beneficiaries was thus allegedly getting only 18 kgs of rice in place of the released amount of 30 kgs.
“The committee even wrote it down in the beneficiaries’ cards. This is a very serious matter since the rice is meant for the poor,” informed the BJP leader.
The deputy commissioner has assured that action would be taken against the guilty. “We will probe into the matter and necessary action would be taken against those responsible,” said Sadhu.
The party also brought to the notice of the deputy commissioner the omission of names of genuine beneficiaries from the NFS (A) and sought his intervention.
The BJP has alleged that a large number of beneficiaries had been left out from the census for the NFS and in their place government employees, businessmen and well to do persons had their names included in the list.
“We are filing an RTI and will publish the names of those people who got their names in place of genuine beneficiaries,” cautioned Sengrak Marak, BJP general secretary.
The BJP has also urged villagers to be aware of their rights as a first line of precaution against unscrupulous dealers and suppliers dealing with the National Food Security (Act).
