New Delhi: Food prepared in BSF kitchens has always been good and one can check the quality by visiting any of its posts unannounced, says the paramilitary force’s chief K K Sharma who blames the ISI for using a jawan’s allegation of poor meals being served to troops to demoralise them.

“I joined the BSF in 2012 (as an additional DG). No one (jawans or officers) ever complained about food… There may be issues about transfer or posting. So, I was rudely shocked when this person (Tej Bahadur Yadav) uploaded a video (alleging bad food).

“We already have very healthy systems in the force. We do constant checking of the food that is prepared in our kitchens. Food is not a problem at all,” the DG said in an interview to PTI.

He then threw up an open challenge: “Anyone can go any day and anytime to any border outpost of the BSF and ask for food.”

“I guarantee that you will find good food. We have food that is homely. Food is plentiful in the BSF,” the chief of the 2.65-lakh personnel strong force said.

He said he had made the same suggestion to parliamentarians when they grilled him on the issue early this year.

Yadav, in uniform and carrying his service rifle, had in January posted a video on Facebook, picked by other social media platforms, claiming poor quality food like watery ‘dal’ and burnt ‘chapatis’ were being served to the troops in inhospitable terrains along the border.

The DG said videos of Yadav, who has been sacked from service recently after an inquiry found his allegations to be wrong, and were “used” by the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) of Pakistan.

“You may or may not be knowing that his (Yadav’s) video was picked by our neighbour from 22 places and made to go viral (over the social media),” he said.