In an emotionally charged speech, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reiterated Congress’ promise of giving ₹1 lakh annually to poor women if voted to power, warning the womenfolk of men forcibly taking away a huge sum from that money.
“I know the men in their family will take away some of that money from them,” the grand old party’s leader said at an election rally in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa.
“In the 21st century, both men and women go out to work. They work eight to 10 hours every day. Then they return home and women work for eight more hours. Men work for eight to ten hours. In the 21st century, tribal women work for 16-18 hours,” he said.
“Maybe the men will not like what I am saying but it’s a fact and this is why we are going to put ₹1 lakh in women’s bank accounts,” said Gandhi, adding, highlighting Congress’ ‘Nari Nyay’ poll promise.
Jharkhand: “We will deposit 1 lakh rupees into the accounts of women, but I know that the men in the family will take that money from them…,” says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Chaibasa, Singhbhum, pic.twitter.com/2buWzguxso— IANS (@ians_india) May 7, 2024
He criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that he wanted to hand over ‘Jal, Jungle, Jameen’ belonging to tribals to industrialists.
Addressing an election rally in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa, Gandhi promised to make crores of people ‘lakhpati’ if voted to power.
Asserting that this Lok Sabha election is for saving the Constitution and the rights of tribals, poor and backward, he said INDIA bloc leaders were ready to sacrifice their lives to save the Constitution.
The former Congress president said, “PM wants to hand over the ‘Jal, Jungle, Jameen’ of the tribals to 14-15 industrialists…Narendra Modi works for Adani, Ambani …he made 22 people billionaires in his 10-year tenure… We will provide Rs 1 lakh annually to poor women if voted to power.”
“The BJP wants to confine tribals to roles like domestic help. They never want you to become doctors, engineers, or lawyers. They want to hand over jungles to industrialists… The country is being run by 90 IAS officers and out of them, there is only one tribal who has been sidelined in Delhi. The tribal population is around 8% in the country,” he said.
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