For example, in September 2019 she suddenly ordered that the Public Distribution System (PDS) rice distributed to the poor by the UT government should be substituted by cash directly deposited into the beneficiary’s bank account. This created a storm in the UT, notorious for its liquor culture, thanks to cheap prices, as the money in bank accounts would have been splurged by the menfolk on alcohol. In such a situation the women would have been deprived of their main source of food. Even the state BJP was against LG's move.