Dialogue associate, Pithoragarh: Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Durga Vahini workers demonstrated on Tuesday demanding Ration Card, voter ID check of people coming in large numbers from outside areas.
The organizations have warned of a violent agitation if the matter is not taken seriously.
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Protesting at the district headquarters, the activists said that the involvement of outsiders, especially from the minority community,
is coming to the fore in the criminal incidents happening in the district. In recent years, people doing small jobs including ferries from outside areas are coming to the district.
The arrival of large population from outside in the district adjoining the border area is a matter of concern. There have been many cases of luring the sisters and daughters of the mountain.
Incidents of thefts in temples are also increasing rapidly.
A few months ago, the names of minorities of many districts of UP had come to the fore in the theft of bells from Gurna temple.
Activists said that by carrying out criminal incidents in the border district, efforts are being made to affect the peace and order here.
The activists also raised the demand for investigation of Rohigya connections in the frontier district.
The protesters were Jagdish Pandey of Bajrang Dal, Vineet Pathak, Sonam Pandey of VHP, Kailash Joshi, Suresh Bajrangi, Suraj Bisht, Himmat Rawat, Vivek Chauthia, Badri Singh Rautela, Durga Vahini’s Rama Pandey, Dinesh Kumar, Pawan Nath, Dheeraj Verma, Raju Firmal, Monty Valmiki, Mayank Kumar, Trilok Kumar, Chandra Prakash etc. were included.
After the demonstration, a memorandum was submitted to the District Magistrate.
What is One Nation One Ration Card Scheme
Under the One Nation, One Ration Card scheme, eligible beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) will be able to pick up food grains using their ration cards from a fair price shop anywhere in the country. Even if their ration card is made in any state or district.
The target of the Food Ministry was to implement this scheme across the country by March 2021, but so far this target has not been fulfilled, for which the Supreme Court has now fixed the deadline.
At present, this scheme is implemented in about 20 states and union territories. One nation, one ration card does not require a new card.
Under this scheme, ration shops are being equipped with finger print identification machines for biometric identification of the beneficiary.
