“Uddhav Thackeray promised something which we have been implementing for last one year. One does not need power to start such services,” said Captain Ashish Damle, NCP’s Badlapur city president. Mr. Damle had in 2018 started the initiative called Tai’s kitchen which serves a full meal for only ₹10. “We started this kitchen understanding the need of the people of Badlapur, especially the workers and daily wage labourers. The concept of Tai’s kitchen, started by the NCP, is also inspired from the Amma canteen launched by the Tamil Nadu government under the then chief minister J. Jayalalitha and Indira canteens launched by the previous Congress government in Karnataka.

Source: The Hindu October 09, 2019 19:18 UTC