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Akhilesh attacks BJP’s Rs 20,000 women aid as ‘jumla’
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday called the BJP's reported plan to give Rs 20,000 to women in Uttar Pradesh a "jumla" or election gimmick. He alleged the Yogi Adityanath government…
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday called the BJP's reported plan to give Rs 20,000 to women in Uttar Pradesh a "jumla" or election gimmick. He alleged the Yogi Adityanath government had spent thousands of crores meant for women on publicity and had "swallowed 96 per cent" of what women were owed. Yadav repeated the SP's promise of Rs 40,000 a year for women, to be increased annually.
The Uttar Pradesh government is separately considering financial assistance of up to Rs 50,000 for women, either as a direct cash transfer or through expanded welfare schemes like Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana, India Today reports. No final decision has been taken on the amount or mode of delivery.
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Both the BJP and the SP are now racing to outbid each other with pre-election promises for women in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh’s arithmetic, that Rs 20,000 is only 4 per cent of what women ‘lost’ over ten years, is a political slogan, not an accounting of actual spending. The BJP, meanwhile, has yet to announce either a figure or a delivery mechanism for its reported Rs 50,000 plan. Voters should watch for one concrete test: whether either party presents a specific, costed scheme before the 2027 polls, or if these numbers remain talking points.
Sources (4): nationalheraldindia.com, indiatvnews.com, indiatoday.in, indiatoday.in (2)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
