Karnataka government launches 'Gruha Lakshmi' guarantee scheme in Mysuru
Mysuru: All India Congress Committee President Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched 'Gruha Lakshmi' guarantee scheme of the state government at the Maharaja College Grounds in the city on Wednesday, in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, ministers in the Karnataka government and Congress legislators along with hundreds of women from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajnagar and Kodagu districts.
Every woman who has the name of the head of the family on the ration card, BPL card, APL card or Antyodaya card of the family is eligible to apply for the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme. Women who claim income tax or Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns, however, or their spouses are ineligible to apply, the government has clarified.
The government has added that beneficiaries of the scheme are required to produce the following documents while applying: Aadhaar card, husband's Aadhaar card, ration card, BPL card, APL card or Antyodaya card along with their mobile phone numbers. The beneficiaries are required to link their Aadhaar numbers to the mobile phone numbers, the government added.
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We will move court again to resist voter deletions: Mamata
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls.
Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters' names were deleted from the electoral rolls following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision in the state.
“You will not be able to defeat the TMC by deleting names. We will move a court again to resist the exclusion of names," Banerjee said while attacking her principal challenger BJP over the roll revision exercise.
Banerjee had in February argued in the Supreme Court as she sought an intervention in the SIR process.
The EC figures, which pushed the total deletion to over 90.83 lakh names from the original voter base of 7.66 crore in October 2025, showed that the proportion of removal of electors now remains at over 11.85 per cent.
Criticising the poll panel over the SIR process, she also said, "We will fight legally to get the names included on the list as per the Constitution. If people cannot cast their votes, what is the need to frame the tribunal? And then you are saying that the list has been frozen. What is this? We will challenge it and try to understand it."
Addressing a poll rally at Arambagh in Hooghly district, the TMC supremo accused the saffron party of trying to manipulate the electoral rolls and offering money to woo voters.
Banerjee also charged the Election Commission with intimidating people over the phone.
“It (EC) is working at the behest of the BJP. It is calling people over the telephone to threaten and intimidate them,” she claimed.
Later, while speaking at a rally in Balagarh in the same district, Banerjee warned that voting for the BJP would effectively mean "giving up fish, meat, and speaking in Bengali".
“People are not allowed to eat eggs, fish, or meat in the BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra. The same will happen here if the BJP comes to power," Banerjee claimed.
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