# Gujarat CM gives Rs 28 crore Raksha Bandhan grant for women MLAs 2026-08-27T11:11:13+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has allocated Rs 28 crore as a special development grant for road and infrastructure work in the constituencies of all 14 women legislators in the state, an official statement said on Thursday. Each of the 14 MLAs will receive Rs 2 crore for priority road projects. The grant is being framed as a Raksha Bandhan gift. The 14 women legislators include nine from urban constituencies and five from rural areas. The funds will be used for development works based on local infrastructure needs, the statement added. The government said the move aims to improve connectivity and ease of movement for citizens in these constituencies. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The grant comes ahead of the 2027 assembly elections and targets a symbolic voter group. Gujarat has 182 assembly seats, and women currently hold fewer than 8% of them. The BJP government has previously used festival-linked announcements to highlight welfare spending. The actual impact will depend on how quickly the funds are released and utilised, which the state finance department will track through quarterly expenditure reports. ## Coverage - livemint.com Straight reporting of the official statement with no critical framing or independent analysis. This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat, Gujarat Legislative Assembly, Raksha Bandhan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/gujarat-cm-gives-rs-28-crore-raksha-bandhan-grant-for-women-mlas/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/gujarat-cm-gives-rs-28-crore-raksha-bandhan-grant-for-women-mlas/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/