On Friday, Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was touring Kamareddy district as part of the BJP’s Parliament Pravas Yojana, visited a ration shop at Birkoor village in Banswada.
Learning that the ration shop did not have a photo featuring PM Modi, she summoned the district collector and pointed out the contribution of the Union government in providing subsidy on rice and asked why they did not place an image of the prime minister.
“To put such a great leader’s photo, why do you have an objection? Please bring the prime minister’s flex and place it here. [Ration was given] completely free, without transport or storage cost, during March and April when there was COVID-19, when it was uncertain if people would have the cash to buy ration, it was given for free.
Yet when we ask to put up the prime minister’s flex, not just in this area but in Telangana, they are not allowing it. When our people try to put it up, they are being stopped and the flex is being torn and thrown away,” Sitharaman was heard telling district officials.