While campaigning for the BJP in Rajasthan, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also said that the people here were not believing the ruling Congress’s ‘guarantees’
The Ladli Behna Yojana has been the game changer for the BJP and the party is confident of a victory in Madhya Pradesh, state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told News18 in Jaipur. Here to campaign for the Rajasthan assembly polls, Chouhan told News18 that women had flocked to vote for the BJP as money had come directly to their bank accounts.
“Kamal Nath made some promises but I punctured his promises by giving Ladli Behna Yojana and an LPG cylinder at Rs 450,” he said, in reference to the Congress leader’s promise of a monthly allowance for women and an LPG cylinder at Rs 500 if the opposition party won.
“We may have been in trouble if I had not punctured the Congress promises. I am assured of a win,” Chouhan added. He also said that the Congress had been overconfident in Madhya Pradesh and Nath sat easy as he assumed months ago that he was coming to power.
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Chouhan further told News18 that what had cost the BJP in the 2018 elections in Madhya Pradesh was the farm loan waiver promise by the Congress.
“The way Rahul Gandhi said then that they would waive all farm loans within 10 days or they would change their CM — the people fell for that. We could not counter it then in time. So we fell short. But the public now knows that the farm loan waiver never happened and does not trust the Congress. This time, I have punctured all their promises,” Chouhan said. He said that similarly in Rajasthan, people are not believing the Congress “guarantees”.
Chouhan said the Ladli Behna Yojana in MP will see an increase in the monthly payout, from Rs 1,250 right now to Rs 3,000 gradually if the BJP forms the government.
