Karnataka govt all set to launch women financial aid scheme 'Gruha Lakshmi' tomorrow
Bengaluru, Aug 29: Fulfilling another key pre-poll promise, the Congress government in Karnataka would launch 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme, offering monthly aid of Rs 2,000 each to about 1.1 crore women heads of family, at a public function in Mysuru on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar offered prayers on Tuesday at the famous Chamundeshwari temple in the district headquarters town of Mysuru, where the scheme would be launched by AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge at the function that would also be attended by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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"As many as 1.1 crore women heads of households will be given Rs 2,000 every month," Siddararamaiah told reporters in Mysuru, his home district. The government has earmarked Rs 17,500 crore for 'Gruha Lakshmi' programme in the current financial year.
'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme is one of the five pre-poll 'guarantees' of the Congress, which ousted the BJP from power in the Assembly elections held in May.
Asked if implementing the 'guarantees' was a challenge, the Chief Minister said it was no so. "There should be political will. Our party and government has political will," he pointed out.
The Chief Minister said opposition parties were alleging that the government would not be able to implement the 'guarantees' and that it would lead to financial bankruptcy. But we have been successfully implementing them, he added.
Siddaramaiah on Monday had said about one lakh people would gather at the public function to mark the launch of the flagship scheme.
He had stressed that it would be a government function in which Kharge and Gandhi would attend the event in their capacity as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, and as Lok Sabha member, respectively. "It's not a party function," he had said.
The Chief Minister had said the state government has already implemented three of the five 'guarantees' (pre-poll promises) -- 'Shakti', 'Gruha Jyothi' and 'Anna Bhagya' -- and noted that 'Gruha Lakshmi' is the fourth one. The fifth one is the 'Yuva Nidhi' scheme that promises to provide unemployment allowance to the state's youth.
ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @siddaramaiah ಅವರು ಇಂದು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿಬೆಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿ ತಾಯಿ ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ ದರ್ಶನ ಪಡೆದು, ಪೂಜೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದರು.
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) August 29, 2023
ಉಪ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @DKShivakumar, ಮಹಿಳಾ ಮತ್ತು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ಸಚಿವೆ @laxmi_hebbalkar ಅವರು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ನಾಯಕರು ಈ ವೇಳೆ ಜೊತೆಗಿದ್ದರು. pic.twitter.com/CMr9C5MVmZ
ಕುಟುಂಬ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯ ಹೊಣೆಹೊತ್ತ ನಾಡಿನ ಕೋಟಿಗೂ ಅಧಿಕ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ನೆರವು ನೀಡಿ, ಬೆಲೆಯೇರಿಕೆಯ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಸ್ವಾವಲಂಬಿ ಬದುಕು ಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಅವರ ಕನಸನ್ನು ನನಸಾಗಿಸುವ ಗೃಹಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಯೋಜನೆ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ಕ್ಷಣಗಣನೆ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) August 29, 2023
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
