The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan is banking on welfare schemes to beat the pressure of raids of central agencies in corruption cases against party leaders.
To change the 25-year-old trend in Rajasthan in which the government changes hands in every assembly elections, the Congress party is banking on Gehlot바카라s governance record and the seven 바카라guarantees바카라 that the party has announced, which address the concerns of retired government employees, farmers, as well as students.
The push for these guarantees came just a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the house of Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasara and also sent a summon to Gehlot바카라s son Vaibhav. Some of the guarantees include the distribution of free laptops and tablets to college students, the formalisation of the old pension scheme (OPS), the purchase of cow dung, etc.
The Congress party also projected unity while pushing for these schemes as Gehlot shared the stage with the party바카라s state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, state president Dotasra, and senior leaders Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, Sachin Pilot, CP Joshi, and Govind Ram Meghwal.
Congress guarantees in Rajasthan
The seven guarantees of the Congress party seek to address the various segments of the state, such as retired employees, farmers, and students.
While two guarantees were announced in the presence of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday, five others were announced on Friday by Gehlot. These guarantees are:
- Distribution of free laptops and tablets to college students
- The formation of the old pension scheme (OPS) through a law
- English-medium education for every student
- Purchase of cow dung by the government from cattle farmers
- Rs 15 lakh insurance cover for natural calamities
- An annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 in instalments to women heads of households
- Providing cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500 to 1.05 crore families
The announcement to purchase cow dung at Rs 2 per kg from cattle rearers is on the line of Bhupesh Baghel바카라s Congress government in Chhattisgarh where it is named Godhan Nyay Yojana.
바카라We earlier launched the old pension scheme, but if the BJP comes to power, they will roll back the scheme which is why we will pass a law in the assembly when we form the government. Our guarantees will be delivered to the people of Rajasthan exactly the way we fulfilled the promises made in 2018,바카라 said Gehlot while announcing the guarantees.
Congress banks on schemes amid ED raids
Interestingly, the guarantees were announced by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot precisely a day after ED took action against the party바카라s state chief Govind Singh Dotasra in connection with an alleged paper leak case and issued a notice to his son Vaibhav Gehlot for alleged contraventions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in a separate case that dates back to September.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using central agencies to target political rivals, Gehlot said, 바카라ED is a Centre's machinery to harass the ruling Congress government. What they are doing in Rajasthan is a repeat of what they did in Karnataka. And Congress finally won the state elections.바카라
Reacting to Gehlot바카라s accusations, BJP leader and state assembly바카라s Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore said, 바카라Congress is making a series of false promises. There are corruption charges against the Congress leaders and thousands of youth are in the dark after the continuous paper leak scams. The guarantees are just a whitewash to hide their failures.바카라
Earlier this year, Gehlot launched his government바카라s flagship initiative 바카라Mehangai Rahat바카라 camps (inflation relief centres). The Congress government claims that around 1.9 crore families benefitted from the scheme. Under the scheme, beneficiaries were given:
- Subsidised gas cylinders for Rs 500, 100 units of free electricity
- 2,000 units of agriculture electricity free
- Annapurna Food Packets for National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries
- An additional 25 days under MNGREGA
- 125 days of work under the urban employment scheme Indira Gandhi Shahari Rozgar Yojana
- Old-age pension of Rs 1,000
- Rs 25 lakh insurance plan under the Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana
- Rs 10 lakh accidental insurance coverage
- Rs 40,000 cattle insurance under the Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu Pashu Bima Yojana
Gehlot said his government had earlier fulfilled its promises by launching inflation relief camps and Congress gained the trust of the people by fulfilling the promises made to them. He added that neither he is promising the Moon nor he is going to empty the state바카라s coffers. While emphasising the promises made, Gehlot said, 바카라Trust means Congress, development means Congress.바카라
