Suvendu Adhikari at the opening of the Consumer Rights Protection Week at New Market
“Consumers are being cheated at every step — from manipulation of weighing scales and electronic machines while buying vegetables and fish to not being given receipts,” he said. He pointed out that the govt had a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of fraud, including consumers being cheated, real estate fraud, manipulation of weighing machines, food adulteration and the use of harmful chemicals to make fish and vegetables appear fresh. During the Consumer Rights Protection Week, the govt will host an array of events, including baul performances, street plays and tableaux as well as distribute leaflets and hold social media campaigns to educate consumers. The department officials will visit markets to inspect weighing instruments, while awareness stalls will be set up at various places. He warned traders against artificially raising rice prices, saying there was no reason as Bengal was a paddy-surplus state.
Kolkata: A large number of complaints about citizens being duped while buying properties were pouring into ‘Janatar Darbar’ at the BJP party office in Salt Lake as well as the CMO grievance cell every day, said Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday as he opened the ‘Consumer Rights Protection Week’ at New Market.