Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday blamed people for having fewer family members as compared to those who “reproduced...
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday blamed people for having fewer family members as compared to those who “reproduced 20” and got more government ration, reported The New Indian Express.
At an event on International Forests Day in Nainital district, Rawat said the government gave 5kg of ration per person to every house. This means families with two members get 10 kg, while those with 20 received a quintal (100 kgs). “But then they started to get jealous of each other that I got only 10 kgs for two and another person got a quintal for 20,” the chief minister said.
“Now brother, who is to blame for this?” Rawat asked. “He produced 20 [children] and you produced only two. So he gets a quintal of ration. When there was time you produced only two, why not 20? Now, why jealousy?”
The chief minister also claimed that the quality of rice was so good that people stocked it and sold it. “People started a “store” out of it and got themselves a buyer,” he said. “The rice was so good that no one has got such quality in even normal days, leave aside pandemic times.”
The Congress criticised Rawat for his remarks, reported The Indian Express. “When the country is facing the...
