BJP demands CBI probe in issuance of BPL cards

NEW DELHI: Alleging that there has been huge bungling in the issuing of BPL, Antodaya and APL cards by Congress-led government in Delhi, the BJP on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the matter.

At present, there are 1.15 crore voters and about 30 lakh families in Delhi. However, the public distribution department of Delhi government has issued 24,57,192 BPL cards which "itself is a big bungling", party's Delhi unit spokesperson M R Arya alleged.

There are 1,31,200 Antodaya and 2,14,901 APL card holder in the capital, he alleged. He got these information through an RTI petition.

He further alleged that the Congress government is "black-marketing" the ration alloted to the poor.