New Delhi, Apr 21 (IANS): The Delhi Congress claimed on Tuesday that there is corruption in the food provided by the Delhi government to poor and said the Congress is providing meals to around 50,000 poor people daily through 'Congress Rasoi' across Delhi ever since the Covid-19 lockdown.

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit while distributing food at Babarpur in North East Delhi alleged that "Delhi government is just going through its motions to feed the poor people without putting its heart and soul into the effort, as the food being supplied by the Kejriwal government is inedible and inadequate in quantity."

Delhi unit chief Anil Choudhary demanded "Lt. Governor should order a probe to bring out truth."

He said that "there seems to be corruption in the food being supplied by the Delhi government and that was the reason for the poor quality of the food, and asked the Lt. Governor to order a high-level probe to bring out the truth about the poor quality food being supplied by the Delhi government due to the corruption and loot involved in the process."

The Congress demanded that the Kejriwal government should clarify how much money is being spent per person by government to supply free food to the poor.

Congress has been providing meals to around 50,000 poor people daily through the Congress ‘Rasoi' (kitchen) since March 26 till today to cater to the poor and neglected people, and those from the unorganized sector across Delhi, it said.

He said that the Delhi Congress has been providing nutritious, healthy and sumptuous food to the poor people, unlike the Delhi government, by following all the lockdown rules, like social distancing, thermal screening .