Punjab Polls: Women to Get Rs 2000 & 8 Free LPG Cylinders Every Year, If Congress Party Wins

Assembly elections are scheduled for this year in 5 states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), the last one has a Congress government.

Promises Made by Congress Before Elections 2022:

All political parties are trying their best to woo the citizens & fetch as many votes as possible. In a similar attempt, Punjab Congress Chief, Navjot Singh Sidhu has promised to give Rs 2000 per month to all the housewives if Congress Party wins to power.

Sidhu also promised 8 free cooking gas cylinder eight to homemakers every year. The state Congress president also pledged two-wheelers to ladies who enroll in colleges for further education, as well as Rs 20,000 for those who pass class 12, Rs 15,000 for those who pass class 10, and Rs 5,000 for those who pass class 5.

Sidhu's promise of women's allowances goes beyond Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's pre-poll promise of Rs 1,000 to all Punjab women.

Sidhu made these remarks while speaking at the gathering in Barnala, Punjab and emphasized the importance of strengthening women in the state.

The Punjab government will provide Rs 2,000 per month to women homemakers as well as eight (LPG) cylinders for free, he said.

He also stated that a women's commando brigade would be formed in Punjab. Women are the country's backbone and future. They are warriors in their own right. According to him, the Punjab model envisions forming a women's commando unit to empower them while also protecting other women.

He stated in the statement that a selected group of women from each district will be taught and provisioned in the Punjab Police and will be empowered to take care of their lives and represent other women.