The Brahmapur Youth Congress unit on Wednesday urged the district administration to conduct an inquiry in to alleged irregularities in distribution of digitised ration cards under the National Food Security Act and punish the culprits. Alleging that many ruling party workers have availed ration cards, the party activists also urged the administration to ensure cards for deserving beneficiaries.
The BJP Yuva Morcha Brahmapur on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the Brahmapur Sub-Collector demanding filing of an FIR against Ward-27 Corporator Parbati Pradhan and Sandhyarani Sukla, wife of Corporator Ashok Sukla, under the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) for manipulating the National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiary list.
In the memorandum, Yuva Morcha president Rupesh Mahapatra stated that the two have included their names as card holders to get benefits under the NFSA while many eligible beneficiaries have been left out from the list. In many Wards, the Corporators have included ineligible persons and party supporters in the list while many poor, widows and disabled persons have been left out, Mahapatra added.
Yuba Morcha demanded the Sub-Collector to conduct an inquiry after filing FIR against the two and ask Corporator to resign from their post.