Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok interacting with the family members who hold BPL ration card at Arasu Colony in Jayanagar, Bengaluru, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa on Thursday said that only 1.02 lakh below the poverty line (BPL) cards held by government employees and taxpayers had been “modified” as above the poverty line (APL) cards, contrary to the claims of the Opposition BJP which has launched a protest against what they called “massive cancellation of cards of poor people”. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Mr. Muniyappa said except for the 1.02 lakh cards (held by government employees and those who file income tax), all other BPL cards would be reissued if there were any erroneous cancellations. How many, in what category “Of the 1.02 lakh, as many as 4,036 are government employees and 98,473 taxpayers, according to HRMS and I-T records. As many as 59,370 BPL card holders have been moved to the APL category and 16,806 BPL cards have been retained. Only …