Separate manifesto for women would be released in Karnataka: Priyanka Gandhi

The Congress in Karnataka on Monday promised Rs 2000 a month to every woman head of households if the party is voted to power in the StateThe announcement was made at a Na Nayaki I am a leader convention attended by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who said Rs 24000 a year would be directly credited to their bank accounts under Gruha Lakshmi Yojana an unconditional universal basic incomeThe promise comes within days of the Congress making an announcement to provide 200 units of free power every month to each household in the State where Assembly elections are due by MayGruha Lakshmi Yojana is the attempt of the Congress party to share the burden of the exorbitant LPG prices and the costly daily expenses that a woman has to bear the party saidMore than 15 crore women would benefit from this scheme the party saidToday I am announcing the Gruha Lakshmi Scheme In this scheme each head of a family who is a woman will get Rs 2000 per month That means Rs 24000 will go directly into your account in a year This is part of the bigger scheme of Na Nayaki she said at the womencentric convention organised by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress CommitteePriyanka Gandhi Vadra said the Congress wants every woman of the State to be empowered and capable of standing on their own feet and taking care of their children The party wants to provide financial independence to each woman of Karnataka she addedPriyanka Gandhi Vadra said a separate manifesto for women would be released in KarnatakaThe Congress leader said the same experiment was done in Uttar Pradesh which made other political parties come up with promises for womenWhen we made the first manifesto for women in Uttar Pradesh many people laughed at us and even though nothing came out in terms of votes we made every political party notice women and respond to their needs Vadra claimedAlso Read Rahul Gandhi made people realise how important unity is for country Kapil SibalEven the BJP was forced to put advertisements in newspapers for women during Uttar Pradesh elections the Congress leader claimedBy a small thing we did we managed to make political parties aware of the fact that they have to be answerable to women I urge you to make this election about you and about your future she saidVadra called upon women to demand politics that ask for their welfare and issues related to womenJust remember it is in your hands to ask for politics that talks about your issues your development the things that matter in your life that which tells you about progress and development education and jobs she saidShe alleged rampant corruption in BJPruled KarnatakaI am told that the situation in Karnataka is very shameful I am told that your ministers are taking 40 per cent commission on jobs Vadra said during the womencentric titled Na Nayaki I am a woman leaderShe alleged that Rs 15 lakh crore of public money has been looted in KarnatakaThink about some development that has to take place in Bengaluru for Rs 8000 crore and Rs 3200 crore is going into commission Vadra allegedReferring to the alleged police subinspector recruitment scam Vadra said Nothing moves without paying bribes in KarnatakaThere are shameful scams like the PSI scam where the police posts are being sold You educate your children the young boys and girls to get them jobs Is this what you expect from the people in power the Congress leader askedShe alleged that people have to pay bribes for borewells driving licences housing transfers and almost everything related to government workThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever