SAD asks CM to order FIR against Cong MLA and officials responsible for misappropriating central ration
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) asked chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, to order registration of a criminal case against a Congress legislator who had stocked central ration meant for distribution among the poor in a Jalandhar hotel besides officials who had allowed Congressmen to indulge in a multi-thousand crore central ration scam.
Former Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said that the SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal had written a letter to the Prime Minister recently demanding a central probe into large scale embezzlement and wrongful distribution of central ration meant for 1.4 crore people during the COVID-19 lockdown.
“The Congress government had tried to put up a brave face and denied what is common knowledge across the State. Now that misappropriation of central ration by a Congress legislator in Jalandhar has been proved beyond measure, it is incumbent on the chief minister to order a criminal case against the Congress legislator as well as officials who handed over the ration to Congress functionaries instead of distributing the same among the poor and needy."
"The chief minister should also hand over the case for investigation to the CBI or any other central agency as it is clear that Congress leaders have been misappropriating wheat and pulses sent by the centre to the State," he added.
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Cheema also said that it was now clear that the government did not distribute the ration received from the centre to the needy through its food and supplies department. He said the Jalandhar legislator had admitted that he had kept the ration in a hotel and that he used to give it further to Congress councilors for onward distribution. “It seems Congress legislators are least afraid of the law even after embezzling central government food stock”.
-PTC News
