Union min Harsimrat Kaur, BJP's Chugh slam Cong over food grain distribution to needy

Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and BJP leader Tarun Chugh Thursday slammed the Congress government in Punjab, accusing it of not distributing food grain to the needy people who are hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.

Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal re-tweeted a tweet by Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan in which he claimed that only one per cent beneficiaries in Punjab got foodgrain, 688 tonnes, out of 70,725 MT under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojanafor the month of April.

In the tweet, Paswan asked Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to speed up the distribution of food grain. Badal also asked Singh to ensure people don't suffer for the want of ration.

"Plget your act together @capt_amarinder & ensure people of Punjab don't continue to suffer for want of ration. Pl start central ration distribution immediately," she tweeted.

Lashing out at Singh, BJP national secretary Tarun Chugh said "ignoring" distribution of food grains received from the Centre shows Congress ...