HC seeks reply from Centre, BSF over food for jawan issue
The Delhi High Court has asked the Home Ministry and the Border Security Force to reply to its notice on the alleged poor quality of food being served to the jawans. The issue came to light after a jawan posted a video on social media showing poor quality food being served to them, which was followed by several similar claims.
Acting on a petition, the Delhi High Court today asked the Home Ministry and the Border Security Force (BSF) to reply to its notice on alleged poor quality of food being served to the troopers.A video posted by BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav complaining about the bad quality of food had gone viral, triggering a flurry of reactions.      Yadav, wearing camouflage uniform and carrying a rifle, had claimed in the video that while government procures essentials for them, the officers "sell them off" in an "illegal" manner in the market.ALSO READ | BSF viral video: Tej Bahadur's wife demands CBI inquiryYadav had also posted other videos in which he claimed that the quality of food served was not good, prompting the government to order a probe.Last week, a widely circulated media report had claimed that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a report to the Prime Minister's Office had found no substance in the complaint of the trooper and there was no discontent among the BSF personnel. The MHA later refuted the media reports.On Monday, the government had also expressed its unhappiness over a BSF interim report on the jawan's allegations and gave the paramilitary force two more days to submit a detailed reply.