PM Modi's brother Prahlad joins anti-government protest

بھارتی وزیر اعظم نریندر مودی کے بھائی پراہلاڈاپنے بھائی کی حکومت کے خلاف کھڑے ہوگئے۔ اینٹی حکومت تحریک کا حصہ بن گئے۔

New Delhi, March 03: In a surprising turn the younger brother of Prime minister Narendra Modi's Prahlad joins anti-government protest. He has warned the BJP that ration shop keepers could sink the party in the upcoming UP and Bihar elections, if their demands are not met.

In a report published in DNA, Prahlad, vice-president of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Federation warn of agitation by shop keepers at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on March 17.

PM Narendra Modi's Brother Prahlad

Prahlad, who was in Mumbai to support the agitation of the Maharashtra State Fair Price Shopkeepers and Kerosene Licensees Association, Pune, began his speech amidst cries of "Modi saheb aage badho..." and said the anger of these shop keepers had singed the BJP in Delhi.

Prahlad warned the BJP that polls were due in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by refereeing to the BJP's tally in Delhi falling from 31 to three seats. "During the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, I was in UP. For the NDA's victory, 75,000 shop keepers girded their loins. Let (BJP president) Amit Shah say anything today, but we have a share in the 73 seats (won by the BJP-led alliance in UP)," said Prahlad.

The association is demanding that 76% beneficiaries in rural areas be covered under the food security act (FSA), other commodities too be distributed under the public distribution system (PDS), hike in commissions, distribution of full quota of kerosene, and the plan to introduce cash transfers be put on hold. 

Source: http://www.siasat.com/