TIL Desk/National/Haryana/ Authorities in Haryana’s Karnal district suspended the licence of a ration depot holder for allegedly forcing people to buy the national flag with the ration under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign and telling them to purchase tricolour as a precondition to the ration otherwise, senior officials said on Wednesday.
People at a PDS shop in Hemda village in Karnal district were allegedly forced to buy Rs 20 tri-colour flags otherwise they won’t get a ration. Anish Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Karnal, said that as soon as the matter came to the knowledge of the district administration, his licence was suspended with immediate effect.
“We are giving Tiranga to people who are willing to buy it, at Rs 20 through PDS shops. We came to know a depot holder made ration beneficiaries forcefully purchase flags. Admin initiated stringent action against him and his licence was suspended,” said Yadav. He further said that for the convenience of the public, the district administration has provided flags to ration depot holders and those who are willing can buy at Rs 20.
“Under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, we are celebrating the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ programme in Karnal district. Under this, the district administration has provided flags to over 600 ration depot holders. As per willingness, anyone can take the flag at the rate of Rs 20,” he said.
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