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Terming the Maha Vikas Aghadi's five guarantees for the Maharashtra Assembly election "false" promises, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday slammed the Congress, stating that the party did not implement its poll promises in Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka after coming to power in these states.
"Their (Maha Vikas Aghadi's) guarantees are false. Congress party is in power in three states- Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. They have not implemented a single guarantee in all three states," Kishan Reddy told ANI. "They have not fulfilled the promises made to farmers, women, youth. They just mislead the public in the name of guarantees. The public knows their real face. No voter is ready to vote for Congress. No matter how many guarantees they give or false propaganda they do, the public does not trust them. The public knows that BJP does what it says, they trust Prime Minister Modi's guarantees," he added. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday announced five guarantees ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls at a joint rally in Mumbai including Mahalakshmi Yojana for women under which Rs 3,000 will be given per month to one woman in every family and free bus travel for women. The rally was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Udhav Thackeray, Congress chief in Maharashtra Nana Patole, party leader Ramesh Chennithala and some other leaders of the alliance. Rahul Gandhi announced the Mahalakshmi Yojana for women. Under this scheme, Rs 3,000 will be given per month to one woman in every family. Besides, every woman will be entitled to free bus travel under the scheme. The MVA promised to waive off all farmers' agriculture loans up to Rs 3 lakhs. Besides, the alliance government will provide Rs 50,000 incentive for regular loan repayments. The alliance also announced plans to carry out a caste census and promised that it would work towards removing the 50 percent bar on reservations. The MVA government will also provide health insurance of Rs 25 lakh to all families and essential medicines will be provided free from hospitals. The fifth guarantee includes Rs 4,000 monthly assistance to the unemployed youth in the state. Polling will be held for 288 seats in Maharashtra on November 20 and results will be declared on November 23. (ANI)
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