Opposing the Centre's 'one nation, one ration card' initiative, DMK chief M K Stalin on Wednesday said the Tamil Nadu government must not opt for the scheme "endangering," the public distribution system in vogue for long 'and compromising' on the state's rights.
Claiming that state Cooperative Minister Sellur Raju has said Tamil Nadu would join the ration card portability scheme, Stalin, who has been opposing the initiative, condemned the stand of the state government.
A suspicion has risen that the governments led by the BJP at Centre and AIADMK in Tamil Nadu have forged a "deceitful coalition to deprive" ordinary citizens from getting essential commodities at a reasonable price, he alleged in a statement here.
Accusing the AIADMK government of doing a somersault by first opposing and later implementing the Food Security Bill, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly alleged that it was now ready to shut down the universal PDS in vogue for a long time by joining the Centre's one nation one ration card scheme.
Batting for eliciting the views of the 1.99 crore ration card holders and general public, he said: "By compromising on the state's rights and endangering the (universal) public distribution system, the Tamil Nadu government must for sure not opt for the one nation one ration card scheme."
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