New Delhi: The Delhi State Government will not claim any credit from the monthly ration doorsteps scheme, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday. His administration’s sole aim was to neutralize through this innovative scheme the mafia that operates in the city.

“I want to clarify to the Central Government that we will not introduce any Delhi Government scheme for this. We will not call it any name like Mukhyamantri Ration Yojana – We will not do that. Because we don’t want any credit for it,” he said. “We were a little disheartened with the Central Government’s objection, but we have understood their issue with it. We just want the people to benefit and the ration mafia to be defeated. And for that we are willing to do whatever the Central government says. Like I said, we do not want any credit,” he reiterated.

He urged the Union Government not to impede his government’s attempts to ensure that the people get their monthly ration at their doorsteps. The State’s flagship plan hit a roadblock just days before its launch on March 25, with the Union Government saying subsidized food grain allotted to Delhi under the National Food Security Act cannot be used for it. The ration-at-doorstep scheme was to start in the Seemapuri area of Northeast Delhi’s Shahdara district. The plan was to provide packaged wheat flour, rice, and sugar under the Targeted Public Distribution System.