In 2018, the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi had promised to wave off farmers’ loans, and the party under the leadership of Kamal Nath had managed to return to power after 15 years gap, Priyanka sounded the poll bugles by offering a financial scheme of Rs 1500 per month, LPG cylinder at a subsidized rate of Rs 500 along with cheaper electricity.

Worth mentioning that the Congress promised to provide Rs 1500 to women (with certain conditions) under its proposed scheme `Nari Samman Yojana` to counter the BJP`s `Ladli Behna Yojana` launched by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently. Similarly, subsidized cooking gas will counter Prime Minuter Narendra Modi`s flagship `Ujjawala Yojana` launched in May 2016.

Besides these, Congress also made another major announcement for implementing the old pension scheme (OPS) to gain the support of state government employees and their families in the coming elections. The cheaper electricity is akin to what the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced in its debut election in 2013 and since then it maintained the same in states it contested the elections.

“The Congress government in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh has restored the OPS. Our government in Karnataka has cleared the five guarantees (the poll promises made by the party there),” Priyanka said while addressing a mammoth poll gathering in Jabalpur on Monday.

Notably, the Congress made similar five-point promises in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka and managed to uproot the BJP from both states and formed the government with an absolute majority.

In her speech, Priyanka hit out at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government highlighting issues like atrocities against women and tribals, unemployment, and scams that broke out in the past 18 years in Madhya Pradesh. Referring to the collapse of Saptarishi idols in Ujjain`s Mahakal Lok corridor, Priyanka said, “Shivraj government did not spare even the God.”

Meanwhile, mocking the BJP`s `double-engine government` poll talk, the General Secretary said, “We have seen a lot of double and triple-engine governments, but people of Himachal and Karnataka have given a befitting reply in the polls.”

Source: IANS

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After attending the meeting, Singh had said, “The Congress is a democratic party. It is not the Congress tradition to announce the CM’s face in advance. The public will elect the MLAs, who will further choose the CM.”

Hitting back, Verma said, “Govind Singh ji sometimes forgets whether MLAs have elected him as the leader of the opposition. No, he was not elected by MLAs. He was senior so we also agreed on his appointment as leader of the opposition.”

Verma said the people of MP and party leaders want Nath as the state’s CM, adding that Singh should behave the way in which he expects others to do with him.

“All 22 present (in Rahul Gandhi’s meeting) had accepted Kamal Nath as their leader. This is on record. All leaders accepted that the 2023 polls will be fought under Kamal Nath’s leadership,” Verma asserted.

On Sunday, Singh issued a video statement claiming his comment had been wrongly interpreted by the media.

“It is true all the senior leaders have decided to contest the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls under the leadership of Kamal Nath. I have said several times he is our party’s leader,” he said.

Singh, however, maintained the chief minister is selected after the elections and in the legislature party.

Meanwhile, Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh also said party leaders want the polls to be fought under Nath’s leadership.

Source: PTI

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