A large number of people led by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) on Thursday staged a demonstration outside City Kotwali police station here to press their demand of lodging FIR against the guilty for allegedly cancelling their ration cards.
CGPCC President Bhupesh Baghel and other party leaders along with the residents of Baijnathpara reached the police station in the form of a rally and lodged their protest.
The protesters included a large number women and children who held placards and were shouting slogans against the authorities concerned for allegedly depriving them to avail benefits under BPl card scheme.
This apart, as many as 107 ration card holders urged the senior police officials to accept their complaints against the ration card verification team and fair price shop owners for denying rations while no verification to check their eligibility for the scheme was ever conducted, they alleged.
The agitated people alleged that soon after the lok Sabha election, they were denied ration in the name of ration card verification and cancellation drive. The protesting people submitted their applications to the senior police officials urging them to lodge police complaint in the matter.
The senior Congress leaders stated to intensify their fight against the authorities concerned against the ‘injustice’.