Asked how the Delhi government would ensure that foodgrain reached the beneficiaries, Yusuf said: "There will be a food security commissioner. Anybody can complain if he is not getting foodgrain. The official will have enough power to prosecute the defaulter."
The Delhi government will also issue smart cards for procuring foodgrain, which would be issued in the name of the senior-most woman family member.
"We have readied 4,000 smart cards. Now we will expedite the process. Ninety-two percent of the population already has Aadhar numbers."
All Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, Above Poverty Line (APL) card holders and Jhuggi (slum) Ration Card (JRC) holders and beneficiaries are to be included in the scheme in Delhi.
Yusuf says his party will go to the voters with the scheme.
"We are a political party. When we go to the people, we will talk about the scheme, besides other development work done by us. We have every right to say this is a Congress scheme," Yusuf said.
But he added: "It is unfair to call this scheme as game changer."
"Any sensitive government would do it. Soniaji thought about it and discussed it at length... It is a kind of helping hand to the poor who can at least feed their children."
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