At the Congress campaign rally in Vijayapura on Friday, party leader Rahul Gandhi reiterated the guarantees promised in the party manifesto.
He said that if voted to power, INDI Alliance will release ₹1 lakh to women per year, apart from what they are getting from the State government.
This will mean that each woman will get ₹10,500 per month. “You are clapping in support of the Congress when I speak of the Gruha Lakshmi scheme in Karnataka. You will clap harder when I tell you that we are planning payment of ₹1 lakh per year. India will become the first country in the world to start direct payments to the poor,” he said. The payments will continue till poverty is eradicated, he said.
