The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) wooed women voters, among others, with a bigger form of Ladki Bahin Yojana, promising to give them Rs 3,000 per month and allow them to travel for free on state transport buses. This was one of five guarantees, which includes a farm loan waiver, that the Opposition alliance proposed at MVA’s first joint election rally at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), on Wednesday.  
   
In addition, the MVA has assured a farm loan waiver of up to Rs 3 lakh and Rs 50,000 assistance for regularly servicing farm loans. It said a caste census would be conducted if it came to power and it would also remove a 50 per cent cap on reservations. A health insurance package of Rs 25 lakh and free medicine has also been promised. Unemployed youth will get a Rs 4,000 per month allowance.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, his party president Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP-SP president Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and other MVA constituents unveiled the guarantees. They took turns to explain the five guarantees.