The ruling Congress in Rajasthan on October 27 unveiled five new guarantees for the people of the State, making a promise that the party would implement them if voted back to power in the coming Assembly elections. The guarantees included a Chhattisgarh-like godhan scheme, in which the State government would purchase cow dung at ₹2 per kg from cattle rearers.
Announcing the guarantees at a press conference here, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said even Prime Minister Narendra Modi was following the “guarantee model” of the Congress government in a testimony of its efficacy. “We have won people’s confidence by fulfilling our earlier promises... Trust has become another name of the Congress,” he said.
In addition to the godhan scheme, other guarantees were legislation on the Old Pension Scheme, laptop computers or tablets for government college students, free school education in English medium and ₹15 lakh insurance cover for losses in natural calamities. Mr. Gehlot said more announcements would be made in the Congress’s election manifesto to be released shortly.
