Playing down the potential impact of Congress’ ‘Nari Nyay’ guarantees for women on the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said that it was about “faith and not statistics” regarding such assurances.
The Minister was replying to a query by The Hindu on the sidelines of a press conference addressed by five Chhattisgarh ministers on the completion of three months of the Vishnu Deo Sai-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State.
While the Ministers had described the Mahtari Vandan Yojana, a financial assistance scheme for married women, as a major achievement so far, the ‘Nari Nyay’ scheme announced on Wednesday bundles several benefits, including higher cash incentives, for women at the national level.
