Swapnil Gorkhede — Raipur. In the budget session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha on Friday, former Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh raised the issue of allocation of food grains and sugar through ration shops. He said during the Question Hour in the House that there is a lot of difference between the data base of the Food Department and the data base of the district. 68 thousand metric tonnes of surplus rice is in stock. 68 thousand 230 tonnes of rice is missing. What happened to the EOW report?
Answering the questions of Dr. Raman Singh, Food Minister Amarjit Bhagat said, all the bogus ration cards were made during your time. We are distributing from your formula only. We verified 13,392 ration shops. After verification, defects of about 41 thousand tonnes have been found in 4952 shops. So far FIR has been lodged in 13 cases. 161 shops have been suspended and 140 shops have been cancelled.
Dr. Raman alleges scam of 500 to 600 crores
Raman Singh alleged a scam of 500 to 600 crores. The rule says that if there is a surplus, then the food inspector should check it and correct its data. The officer is involved in this, so it should be investigated by the assembly committee. On the questions of Dr. Singh, Minister Amarjit said, 96 percent people are being distributed food grains on the basis of biometric authentication. There is over stock in some shops, it is being rectified. This system is the tenure of BJP. BJP MLAs objected to this and created ruckus.
Ajay Chandrakar said – We are wrong, so get the investigation done
On the question given by the minister, the leader of the opposition said, the committee of the house should be investigated. Ajay Chandrakar said on this matter, we are wrong, so get the investigation done. Minister Amarjeet said, they are investigating, no one will be spared. Dissatisfied with the minister’s reply, BJP MLAs raised slogans in the House. Asandi said to the opposition, you listen to the answer of the minister, the BJP MLAs are adamant on demanding an inquiry by the committee of MLAs in the House.
