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YC delegation calls on Jaiswal
A DISTRICT Youth Congress delegation met Union Minister of State For Home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Saturday and demanded ration cards for slum dwellers who are living below the poverty line (BPL).
Demands ration cards for slum dwellers
A DISTRICT Youth Congress delegation met Union Minister of State For Home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Saturday and demanded ration cards for slum dwellers who are living below the poverty line (BPL).
About 14 to 15 lakh people in the city, who belong to BPL category, are residing in slums. But only three per cent of them have ration cards, and most of these cards have become invalid.
The YC activists led by Sunil Kanaujia met Jaiswal and requested him to get new ration cards for the people living below the poverty line. Kanaujia requested Jaiswal to take up the matter, on behalf of slum dwellers with the Central Government and the Union Food Ministry. Members of the delegation requested him to intervene in the matter and facilitate the issuing of at least 50,000 ration cards soon Kanaujia also informed the Union minister about the rampant corruption in the DSO .
District YC vice-president Santosh Mishra said that the officials of district administration turned a blind eye to their complaints. “Although several complaints have been made by the Youth Congress about the corruption at the District Supply Office. but no step has been taken by the authorities concerned to deal with the complaints,” Mishra said. A memorandum was also handed over to the minister by the delegation requesting him to do the needful.
