Rahul Gandhi hails Karnataka govt’s ‘in principle’ nod to Congress ‘guarantees’, says ‘we do what we say’
- In his Twitter post Rahul Gandhi wrote in Hindi , 'We do what we say! Day 1, Cabinet Meeting 1 - Our 5 Guarantees to Karnataka have been approved!'
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was present at Karnataka during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected cabinet, on Saturday, took to microblogging platform Twitter to hail Chief Minister Siddaramaiah helmed newly sworn-in Karnataka Cabinet according of "in-principle" approval to implement the Congress party's five guarantees.
In his Twitter post Rahul Gandhi wrote in Hindi , “We do what we say! Day 1, Cabinet Meeting 1 - Our 5 Guarantees to Karnataka have been approved!”
In the video attached with the tweet, Rahul Gandhi is seen addressing a public gathering where he says, “ I had told you we don't do fake promises. What we say, we do! In the first cabinet meeting of the new government in Karnataka we will pass the five guarantees we had promise”.
The five main guarantees include-
-200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti)
- ₹2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi)
-10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya)
- ₹3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and ₹1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (Yuva Nidhi)
-Free travel for women in public transport buses (Uchita Prayana).
The first Cabinet meeting was held immediately after Siddaramaiah was sworn in as Chief Minister, and D K Shivakumar as Deputy Chief Minister along with eight MLAs as Ministers.
Siddaramaiah said initial estimation of the government is that the implementation of the poll promises would cost the exchequer ₹50,000 crore a year. Noting that the budget size of Karnataka is ₹3.1 lakh crore, Siddaramaiah said: "I don't think it's impossible for our government to raise ₹50,000 crore a year (for the five guarantees)".
"I am confident that without entrapping the state in debts and without pushing the State into financial bankruptcy, we will implement all the guarantee schemes," he said. "When we are paying ₹56,000 crore (annually) as interest on our loan, can't we spend ₹50,000 crore for our people?"
“All will be in force after next cabinet meeting which will be called within a week," the newly-sworn-in CM said to reporters in Bengaluru.
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First Published:20 May 2023, 07:32 PM IST
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