Telangana Elections Results 2023 | What election promises did Congress make?
The Hindu
Telangana Congress in its 2023 Assembly Election manifesto had promised a plan that balances welfare and development, including 10 gms of gold and ₹1 lakh cash for women getting married, free electricity for agriculture, reservation for backward classes after caste survey .
Congress may rise to power for the first time in Telangana since the formation of the State in 2014, according to several exit polls and the latest polling trends. While announcing the poll promises, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president, Mallikarjun Kharge said the manifesto was like the Gita, Bible, and Quran for the people of Telangana. Their surplus State, under the leadership of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao, had succumbed to debt and corruption, Mr. Kharge said.
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Congress’s famed ‘six guarantees’ for the Telangana Assembly elections were announced in September this year, aiming to replicate its victory model in Karnataka this year. The promises covered cash transfers, pension schemes, free electricity, cylinders and land to a wide base of voters, from women and farmers to students and martyrs’ families. These include: the ‘Mahalakshmi’, ‘Rythu Bharosa’, ‘Gruha Jyothi’, ‘Indiramma Indlu’, ‘Yuva Vikasam’ and ‘Cheyutha’ guarantees. Mr. Kharge said the Congress “is determined to provide social justice, economic empowerment and unbridled progress to the people of Telangana”.
Under the Mahalakshmi guarantee, the party has promised ₹2,500 every month to women; LPG gas cylinders priced at ₹500; and. free travel on RTC buses. Young women getting married would also be offered 10 grams of gold and cash of ₹1 lakh while eligible women would get electric scooters free of cost.
The Rythu Bharosa (Farmer’s Investment Support Scheme) guarantee pledges agricultural prosperity to the State’s 58.33 lakh farmers, promising ₹15,000 annually to farmers and tenant farmers; ₹12,000 for agricultural labourers; and a ₹500 bonus for farmers growing paddy crops. Around 55% of Telangana’s populace make a living from agriculture, estimates show.
Electricity is a prized election sop, with Congress offering 200 units of free electricity to every household and 24-hour free electricity for agriculture purposes under the Gruha Jyothi guarantee. State Congress President A. Revanth Reddy in November, while speaking of the guarantee, mentioned that Congress government under Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2004 provided free power to farmers.
The Indiramma Indlu guarantee earmarks ₹5 lakh for those who don’t own a home, designated house sites and 250 sq. yards plot for Telangana movement fighters. To martyrs’ families, the party has also promised ₹25,000 monthly pensions, a government job for one family and removal of cases against activists.
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