Man Barks Like Dog In Protest As His Name Spelt As “Kutta” On His Ration Card

A man barking like a dog, pushing a stack of papers through the glass of a “Executive Magistrate” vehicle. The unrelenting barks and yowls continue till the official takes note of the paper. The video, which was shot at the state government’s Duarey Sarkar (government at your door) camp in Bengal’s Bankura, has gone viral.

The man said that his name on his ration card had been misprinted three times. The third time, it read Srikanti Kumar “Kutta” instead of Srikanti Kumar “Dutta.” “Kutta” means dog in Hindi, and Mr Dutta says he devised this unique protest when his previous requests were ignored, as per NDTV report.

So yet, the Bankura district administration have not answered.

“I’ve previously applied three times to correct my name on the ration card,” Mr Dutta told reporters.

“They referred to me as Srikanta Mondal the first time. I am not Mondal. I went to Duarey Sarkar and filed a rectification request. Then they changed my name to Srikanto Dutta from Srikanti Kumar Dutta. I applied to the Duarey Sarkar camp once more… On the 11th, I reapplied, and when I downloaded it, I saw that my name had been changed to Srikanti Kumar Kutta. I felt mentally harassed when I saw this. I went to the Duarey Sarkar camp again yesterday,” he was quoted as saying in the reports.

He saw a senior official in the camp, but even after chasing him down, the interview did not go as expected, according to Mr Dutta.

“I showed him my ration card. I asked him to read it. But the Joint BDO (Block Development Officer) did not answer my questions. He ran away. Why did he run? What was he scared of? How many times will a common man like me go to the Duarey Sarkar camp? We have to stop work for a day to come here,” Mr Dutta added.

Following that, he performed the stunt. According to him, the authorities have now assured him that his name will be corrected in two days.

(With inputs from NDTV and others)

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