The Hill CPI(M) team yesterday led by Mr. Tara Sundas paraded evidences of deliberate discrimination by the Bengal government against the hill people.
Highlighting the discrimination, Mr. Sundas said “while the victims of calamity in Singur are given 8kgs of ration every week, the victims of Aila in Darjeeling continue to get only 11kgs of ration every month… how or why is our suffering any different than the suffering of the people in the plains? why is it that the hill people are not given equal ration, despite the fact that the same order is applicable in Singur and Darjeeling hills?”
Mr. Sundas further said, “On 20th March 2014 the Central govt decided to distribute ration at the lowest rate to 6.20 crore people, yet the people in Darjeeling who are on the verge of starvation have never benefited from this low cost ration… so where are the ration going? Why is Bengal govt depriving the hill community, despite the central government passing the order?”
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| Ration in hills distributed from sacks and Ration in Siliguri handed out in proper packages |
Mr. Sundas also showed that in Siliguri ration is handed out in packets, which makes it clean and safe… where as in the hills the ration is still handed out from the sacks, which makes the ration go bad very soon. He added that often rotten ration is distributed in the hills.
CPI(M) has threatened a widespread protest if the hill people continue to be discriminated against.
Via TheDC
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