Congress promises Rs 2,500 to women per month if voted to power in Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 6: The Congress on Monday announced ‘Pyari Didi Yojana’, promising a monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500 to women if voted to power in Delhi.

The scheme would be rolled out on the lines of the model adopted by the Congress government in Karnataka.

Announcing the scheme, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said it aims to financially empower women, promising that it would be implemented at the first Cabinet meeting of the new government.

“Today, I have come here to launch the Pyari Didi Yojana. We are confident that a Congress government will be formed in Delhi, and on the first day of the new Cabinet, we will implement the scheme to provide Rs 2,500 to every woman in the capital,” Shivakumar said.

“Whatever and wherever Congress has promised in the nation or state level, we have delivered and we are going to deliver,” he said.

Within three months after coming to power, all the guarantees were implemented in Karnataka.

Women in the entire state travel free in buses, 10 kg of rice is being given to every household, about Rs 3,000 given to the unemployed youth, 200 unit of electricity, and Rs 2,000 is being to every women. Additionally, 1.22 crore women are getting Rs 2,000 every month, he said.

While addressing media, Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav said that their tag line would be “Hogi har jarurat puri, Congress hai jaruri” (every need will be fulfilled, Congress is needed).

Yadav claimed that there is an an impostor in Delhi who is is continuously working to show people dreams.

It is been 11 years and the condition of Delhi is deteriorating, he said.

“I am happy that we have announced the scheme through Shivkumar. In coming days, we will come with many such schemes which are very important for Delhi,” the Congress leader said.

Yadav later concluded his address to media by saying that “Karnatak ne ki hai umeedein puri, Delhi ne kaha hai Congress hai jaruri” (Karnataka has fulfilled all the expectations, Delhi said that Congress is needed).

Elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly are due in February.

Yadav, the party’s Delhi in-charge Qazi Nizamuddin, and other senior leaders were present during the announcement. (PTI)

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