WAYANAD: Because the marketing campaign for the April 6 Meeting polls attracts to a detailed, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday gave an extra push to his ‘Nyuntam Aay Yojana’ (NYAY) to achieve out to the voters, promising that each poor individual within the State will get Rs 6,000 each month “with out fail”, if the UDF is voted to energy.
“The UDF is proposing one thing revolutionary. One thing that has by no means been tried in any Indian state earlier than,” Gandhi informed a UDF assembly organised at Vellamunda in Mananthavady.
Gandhi, who reached the venue after providing prayers on the historic Lord Mahavishnu Temple in Thirunelli, mentioned the thought of NYAY was quite simple.
“The concept is that we’re going to put cash straight into the fingers of the poorest folks in Kerala. And never a small sum of money. Each poor individual in Kerala goes to get Rs 6,000 a month–Rs 72,000 a year– with out fail each month into his checking account,” the Congress chief, who represents Wayanad constituency within the Lok Sabha, mentioned.
Gandhi has given an elevated give attention to the NYAY scheme in his ballot conferences, apparently in a bid to counter the ruling Left which is relying closely on the welfare schemes carried out by it within the final 5 years to win votes within the essential polls.
Within the final 5 years, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF authorities has considerably elevated the welfare pension for the aged.
The welfare pension was Rs 600 when the UDF rule got here to an finish in 2016.
It’s now Rs 1,600 per 30 days, with the left authorities rising the quantity in a number of phases.
The federal government has additionally ensured that the pension quantity reaches the beneficiaries each month with out fail.
Citing the NYAY thought in the course of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi had described it as ground-breaking, which might mark the start of the ultimate assault on poverty.
Final week, the previous Congress president had mentioned he wished to “take a look at” the scheme in Kerala as a result of if it really works right here, he wished to duplicate it in all Congress-ruled states within the nation.
Earlier within the morning, Gandhi visited Thirunelli temple in Wayanad with which he has an emotional hyperlink.
An urn containing the ashes of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was immersed in Papanasini, a stream related to a well-known temple devoted to Lord Mahavishnu within the picturesque village, in 1991.
“Visited Thirunelli Temple, Wayanad early morning right this moment. The calming ambiance of this place resonates inside for a very long time,” Gandhi wrote on his Fb web page after visiting the temple with AICC basic secretary Okay C Venugopal.
He had additionally provided prayers on the temple final yr and through his Lok Sabha election marketing campaign in 2019.
