Chandigarh, August 11-  Haryana  Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while taking strict cognizance of the complaint regarding Karnal depot holder forcing people to buy Tricolour with ration has clarified no one can force the ration card holders to buy ration.

“No person will be denied of any services even if he does not wish to buy the National Flag. Under the Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan’, people can voluntarily buy the National Flag,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister has directed the officers concerned to spread mass awareness about this campaign. If any organization wants to help the State Government in this campaign, then they can contact the Deputy Commissioner of their respective districts.

Meanwhile, the District Food and Supplies Controller(DFSC) has already initiated strict action against a depot holder at Hemda village, who was found forcing the ration card holders to mandatorily buy Tricolour to get their ration. Besides this,  the monthly supply of ration of the depot holder has also been suspended.

The  Depot holder Dinesh Kumar forcibly sold the flags to ration card holders and also defamed the  State Government by misleading the ration card holders. The State Government has given clear instructions that the availability of tricolours at the PDS centre has been ensured just for the convenience of the public so they do not have to go far to buy flags. No one can be compelled to buy the flag.