» Telangana: Govt Refutes Speculations On Removal Of Ration Cards
Government Refutes Speculations On Removal Of Ration Cards
Minister for Civil Supplies Uttam Kumar Reddy clarified that there was no such move by the government, and that it had not removed even a single ration card.
Dismissing speculations that the State government is cancelling ration cards in Telangana, Minister for Civil Supplies Uttam Kumar Reddy today clarified that there was no such move by the government, and that it had not removed even a single ration card.
At a time that the new Congress government is accepting applications from people for the implementation of its six guarantees, a post that it was cancelling ration cards on a large scale has gone viral on social media.
The post said that a total of 95,040 ration cards had been cancelled in Medchal district alone, and that there was a possibility of the cancellation of ration cards at the same level in other districts as well.
With beneficiaries expressing serious concern over the speculations, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi asked Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy for clarity on the platform X.
Responding to this, Reddy dismissed the news of cancellation of ration cards, and clarified that the reports were complete lies.