Now, Yogi Adityanath govt wants fresh ration cards made without Akhilesh Yadav`s photo

The Adityanath government has also decided to cancel some 3.4 crore that were distributed before the Election Commission announced poll dates.

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will roll back lakhs of ration cards having Akhilesh Yadav's photo which were not been distributed, a media report said on Saturday.

The then SP government had printed 60 lakh ration cards just ahead of the UP assembly elections but they could not be distributed. Now, the Adityanath government wants to roll back those ration cards, India Today reported.

They could not be distributed as the Model Code of Conduct came into force before the government could give away to the beneficiaries.

Beside Akhilesh's photograph, the ration cards also have the red and green colours of Samajwadi Party's flag, according to the report.

The Adityanath government has also decided to cancel some 3.4 crore ration cards that were distributed before the Election Commission announced poll dates, it said.

The new Aadhaar-linked ration cards will also have silicon chips and barcodes. It will also have details of the beneficiary, the report said.

Till the new cards are made and distributed, the beneficiaries will be given paper-slips for the purpose of ration.