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Akhilesh claims BJP ate 96% of women’s share in UP
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, alleged that the BJP government under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had spent thousands of crores of rupees meant for women's rights on…
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, alleged that the BJP government under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had spent thousands of crores of rupees meant for women's rights on publicity. He claimed that over 10 years, a woman was entitled to Rs 5 lakh, but the government's reported proposal of Rs 20,000 amounted to just four per cent of that sum. National Herald India reports that Yadav accused the BJP of 'swallowing' the remaining 96 per cent.
Akhilesh contrasted the BJP's proposal with his party's promise of Rs 40,000 per year for women, with annual increases, if voted to power. He also alleged that BJP workers had gone 'underground' due to public anger and that the party, having lost its moral standing, was relying on money alone to win the state elections.
The Indian Opinion
Akhilesh Yadav’s arithmetic makes for a sharp campaign jibe, but it papers over one awkward fact: his own party ruled Uttar Pradesh for 15 of the last 20 years. If the entitlement was Rs 5 lakh over a decade, where was the SP’s scheme when it was in power? Voters are right to be sceptical of both the ruling party’s Rs 20,000 jumla and the challenger’s Rs 40,000 promise. Both figures need to be backed by a clear statement of where the money will come from, neither side has provided one yet.
Source: nationalheraldindia.com
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