Prahalad Modi is the President of gujarat Fair Price Shops and Kerosene License Holders Association. He said that there are many irregularities in the distribution of government ration in the state. He mentioned government ration shops were trading with fake software and government officials knew about it. Prahalad Modi has requested the government to hand over the investigation to the CBI.
He said that while the government has withdrawn old ration cards and issued new biometric ration cards, the work of making new cards has been entrusted to private NGOs. Ration sellers were not asked for their comments on the move. Prahalad Modi says online ration delivery has been problematic due to customers' thumbprints not being available many times. They have demanded that ration distribution should be done offline. He also alleged that the government attached the wrong Aadhaar cards and they were not corrected.
On september 1, the government issued an order handing over the responsibility of maintaining records of the opening and closing of ration shops to zonal officers. Prahalad Modi opposes. Following protests, the gujarat government has now withdrawn the order. According to Prahalad Modi, he has no connection with his brother PM Modi, so he is fighting on the streets and not speaking directly to the PM. Prahalad Modi says the thought of going directly to the prime minister did not cross his mind. Prahalad Modi has already protested at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. But they say that they are not only protesting against prime minister Modi, they are also protesting against previous governments.
At that time, he said, 'We decided to change the government against what was happening in the Manmohanji regime, and everyone worked together and the bjp government was formed. But our expectations are not discussed.
