He claimed that the CAG found out how NAFED “allowed” big millers to “cheat” tons of pulses that were for the poor with traditional auction rules being rewritten.
“Here is a government that cheats on food products and allows scammers to exploit something as simple as pulses. We should thank Covid because this scam may not be easy to discover.
“At Covid, it was thought to distribute the wrists for free or cheap and dug up this scam,” Singhvi said.
The head of Congress said it was a “huge scam”.
“I don’t think the facts are coming out in front of us. I don’t think it’s possibly part of the iceberg. We call on the government to make full disclosure immediately, “he said.
“We demand a comprehensive report on how it is allowed and punishment at the highest level. We condemn it and call on the public to condemn it. Above all, it shows the true nature of this government,” Singhvi said.
He said that when the UPA government brought in the Food Security Act, the BJP opposed it and now “this food scam is happening under their government”.
Singhvi said this “scam” of wrists and bones was “ruthless, insensitive and an unsympathetic act”.
“It highlights the principled difference between 10 years of social welfare schemes, including the Food Security Bill, and the BJP’s idea of a food scam.”
He said the government in 2018 changed the conditions of milling grams to produce pulses and distribute them to the poor who were opposed by NAFED.
“Today, a scam of Rs 4,600 crore has been committed and it has been brought to light by a constitutional authority,” the Congress leader said.
He said, “The irony is that NAFED on October 11 last year, in writing, opposed the change in policies and requested that it be withdrawn.”
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