The state government move to weed out lakhs of ration cards provided to poor families in the name of weeding out bogus cards is highly objectionable as it is being initiated after the assembly elections, BJP state unit president Bandaru Dattatreya told reporters in Hyderabad.

The government should drop the move immediately and invite an all party meeting to discuss on the issue, Dattatreya said.

The government's move would effect poor families, he said, adding that “if there were bogus ration cards, it was the inefficiency of the Rajasekhar Reddy's government which had issued cards before elections.” The Congress has one set of rules before the elections and another after elections, the BJP leader alleged.