From `one lakh cash transfer to 50 per cent quota in jobs for women: The Congress on Wednesday announced five big poll promises to woo the women voters.
Under the ambitious ‘Nari Nyay Guarantee’ which has promised financial assistance of `1 lakh to women from poor families every year, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the party’s guarantees were “pathar ki lakeer” and not a “jumla”.
At a women specific event in Maharashtra’s Dhule district, the ‘Nari Nyay Guarantee’, outlined five key announcements — ‘Mahalaxmi’, ‘Aadhi Aabadi Poora Haq’, ‘Shakti Ka Sammaan’, ‘Adhikar Maitri’, and ‘Savitribai Phule Hostel’.
Kharge said announcement of the “Nari Nyay” guarantee will set a new agenda for the country’s women.
He said prior to this, the Congress has announced its guarantees on participatory justice, farmer justice and youth justice. “Needless to say, our guarantees are not empty promises and statements,” he said in his post in Hindi on the microblogging platform. “Our words are set in stone. This is our record from 1926 till now, when our opponents were being born, we have been making manifestos, and fulfilling those declarations,” Kharge said.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi announced the “Nari Nyay” guarantee as part of its manifesto. Rahul announced these guarantees, along with Kharge, while addressing the Mahila Sammelan as part of his ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’.
Rahul announced five guarantees, including Rs one lakh annually into the bank accounts of poor women and 50 per cent reservations in Government jobs if his party is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
While Mahalaxmi Guarantee is the annual financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to each woman from economically weaker families, under the - Half the population, full rights scheme the Congress-led Government will give 50 per cent reservation in all Government jobs for women.
As part of Shakti ka Samman, the Congress Government will double the monthly honorarium of Anganwadi, ASHA and mid-day meal workers, while as Adhikar Maitri, a paralegal, i.e. legal assistant, will be appointed in every panchayat in the form of Adhikar Maitri to make women aware of their rights and to provide necessary help.
The party also promised Savitribai Phule Hostel to be set up at least one working women’s hostel in all district headquarters across India and the number of these hostels would be doubled across the country.
