Protesting the arrest of poor women on the charge of obtaining ration cards under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and inclusion of ineligible people under food security Act, Congress activists on Friday staged a demonstration in front of the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC).
locals said the State Government has misused the Act and failed to provide ration cards to the beneficiaries.
The BMC has now become a hub of corruption, they added. The BMC also failed to solve the problems of general people. In rainy season, the locals witnessed artificial flood on city roads, due to drainage problem.
There is also scam in tender fixing. Protesting all the issues, the Congress members demanded proper inquiry on it.
The Brahmapur Nagar Congress Committee submitted a memorandum to the Governor in this regard.
Former Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Congress district president Bhagaban Gantayat, PCC general secretary Bikram Panda, PCC Secretray Tumbhanath Panda and youth president Adita Panda were present, among others.