Several Muslim women gathered outside the Congress office in Luckow on Wednesday morning at 8: 00 am a day after Lok Sabha Election results were declared.
The women had gathered to demand the fulfilment of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s pre-election announcement to provide women with a monthly stipend of 8,500 rupees, an IANS report said. Congress-led INDI alliance won 232 seats out of 542 in the Lok Sabha elections with key ally, Samajwadi Party securing 37 out of 80 Parliamentary constituencies in UP.
“We came here because we were supposed to receive 8,500 rupees monthly….” a woman said.
Lucknow, UP: Several Muslim women gathered outside the Congress office this morning at 8 : 00 AM. They had gathered to demand the fulfillment of Rahul Gandhi’s pre-election announcement to provide women with a monthly stipend of 8,500 rupees.“We came here because we were… pic.twitter.com/MkMUB0zcZK
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The women said that during the election campaign, Congress had promised to give money, and now INDIA had performed well, “so we have come to submit the guarantee card”, a Business Today report said.
The Congress, in its poll manifesto, had promised Rs 1 lakh for women belonging to SC, ST, and backward categories.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said that the new government will transfer Rs 1 lakh annually into accounts of women belonging to SC, ST, and backward categories.
“Our manifesto mentions three to four revolutionary steps taken by us like transferring Rs 1 lakh into (bank) accounts of women belonging to SC and ST categories, backward classes, and for women from poor families. This way we will provide thousands of rupees in their accounts every month,” he had said.
