Following complaints of bad quality food being served in Parliament canteen, the Railways is planning to rope in three top private caterers to provide quality pre-cooked meals to the members. A senior railway official said a letter to the Secretary General of lok Sabha seeking permission for providing pre-cooked meals of private caterers have been sent and the services will start soon. Currently Northern Railway runs the Parliament canteen which would however continue services in parliament canteen.
Sources said that ITC, Haldiram and MTR have been shortlisted for providing vegetarian and non-vegetarian pre-cooked food in Parliament. Mattar pulao, rajma chawal, zira rice, Hyderabadi biryani, Chicken chettinad, pongal, dal makhani, navratan korma are some of the pre-cooked food products being finalised by the railways to be served in parliament canteen.
JD (U) MP K C Tyagi had raised the issue of bad quality food being served in the canteen and said members were falling sick after consuming food from Parliament canteen and SP members Ram Gopal Yadav and Jaya Bachchan were the latest victims.