Mangaluru, Nov 13: Expressing dismay over nationwide chaos after the controversial demonetization, Congress leader U T Khader said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitely failed to monitor situation in the country after.
"Even when people are struggling to withdraw cash from ATMs, the Prime Minister was seen acting as a modern Nero in Japan," Khader told media persons here on Sunday. The Centre should take immediate measures to supply enough Rs 100 rupee notes, he added.
No scarcity of salt, food grains
Mr Khader, who is also the minister for Food and Civil Supplies in Karnataka said that there is no shortage of salt, sugar and food grains in the state and people should not pay heed to rumours.
He said there will be an artificial shortage of commodities if people believe rumours and purchase the items in bulk. Production of items such as salt has not stopped and there is enough stock, he said and told people not to panic.
The Minister said the Food and Civil Supplies department has formed teams comprising department officials and evaluators, which will conduct raids on wholesale and retail godowns and check for illegal stocking of commodities.
Legal action will be initiated against those who illegally stock rice, sugar, oil and other items exceeding 1,000 quintals in wholesale and 100 quintals in retail. Action will be initiated against merchants if they are found to have put stickers on products, mentioning prices higher than the maximum retail price, he added.
The minister said that to check abnormal hike in prices of food grains in the open market, the government would purchase food grains and provide them to the people above poverty line, at the market price fixed.
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