Do you have a TV, fridge or two-wheeler in Karnataka? Surrender or face action
The Karnataka government on Monday asked people to possess ration cards below the poverty line (BPL), despite being ineligible due to owning a two-wheeler, television, refrigerator or more than five acres of land. land, delivered before March 31 or face legal action.
“There are parameters to have a BPL card. They should not have more than five acres of land, motorcycle, TV or refrigerator.
Those who do not qualify in these parameters must return the cards or else we will, “said Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Umesh Katti, at a press conference in Belagavi. He said that anyone who earns more than 1.20 rupees per year you should not use BPL cards and you have to return it before March 31st.
Congress desolated the comments, and party workers staged protests in front of various ration shops in Bengaluru. Party workers also protested in Dharwad, Mysuru and Tumakuru, a congressional leader said.
The MLA UT Khader Congress said that the issue had come to him when he was Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in the Siddaramaiah government and he had decided not to relax the rules as many poor people would be affected. I was of the opinion that when there are offers like interest-free loans to buy all these items, it was obvious that people would buy it.
The government is “anti-poor,” he charged, asking them to focus on identifying more beneficiaries rather than “snatching” their BPL cards.
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