Days after AAP criticised the government over the introduction of new norms for the issuance of ration cards, BJP MLA Harish Khurana on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to release a White Paper on the distribution of ration cards under AAP’s tenure and expose “irregularities” in the process.

Days after AAP criticised the government over the introduction of new norms for the issuance of ration cards, BJP MLA Harish Khurana on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to release a White Paper on the distribution of ration cards under AAP’s tenure and expose “irregularities” in the process.

“Some Opposition leaders are trying to manufacture fake narratives, but the people of Delhi know how ration cards were indiscriminately issued during AAP’s rule,” said Mr. Khurana.

He added that “large-scale irregularities” had been detected in the scrutiny ordered by the government. “Two lakh ration cards were found to be suspicious, over 6,000 cards were issued in the names of deceased individuals and over 1.44 lakh cards were held by individuals earning more than ₹6 lakh annually, despite the scheme being meant exclusively for the needy and people from marginalised sections,” said the legislator from Moti Nagar.