Nath's 'U-turn' barb at MP govt on Ladli Bahna Yojna money transfer raises eyebrows
Bhopal (PTI): Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Sunday doubted whether the money would be transferred to beneficiaries of the ruling BJP's flagship Ladli Bahna Yojana on the scheduled date "this time", a claim dismissed by the BJP as misleading.
Under the scheme, the government transfers Rs 1,250 to the accounts of beneficiaries on the 10th of every month.
After initially announcing to provide Rs 1,000 to beneficiaries of the Yojana, Chouhan later said the dole is being raised to Rs 1,250 and it will be subsequently taken to Rs 3,000.
"Sisters, I heard that this time the 10th (date) is not coming," Nath posted on X on Sunday night.
Taking a swipe at the state government's advertisements, Nath said after wasting crores of public money for the last four months in the name of "Das Tareekh Aa Rahi Hai" (10th is coming), this time Shivraj government is taking a "U-turn".
"Das Tareekh Aa Rahi Hai" is the phrase used in the state government's advertisements.
"This time the date 10 is not coming in the calendar of the BJP government. As this scheme of the government is just a means to cheat votes, similarly their 10th also turned out to be a trick," Nath alleged.
Nath asked why CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan spent people's hard-earned money running into crores on advertisements just to remind the date for four months.
A day before, CM Chouhan announced that unmarried women above 21 years of age would get Rs 1,250 per month as assistance under Ladli Behna Yojana.
At present, there are 1.31 crore beneficiaries of this scheme.
When asked about Nath's claims, state BJP secretary Rajneesh Agrawal said the money is transferred under this scheme after a Cabinet decision was taken as per the law.
"The Congress has a long history of cheating people so Nath is seeing the same and creating doubts to mislead the people. The people know the truth of Congress," Agrawal said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
