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Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the ballot bugle in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday introduced zero invoice for customers consuming as much as 100 models of electrical energy each month within the state.
“After observing inflation reduction camps and speaking to the general public, there was suggestions that there needs to be a slight change within the slab-wise exemption in electrical energy payments. Feedback was additionally acquired from the general public concerning the gasoline surcharge within the electrical energy payments within the month of May, on the premise of which a giant choice has been taken,” Gehlot’s stated on Twitter.
He stated that the primary 100 models of electrical energy will probably be free and shoppers must pay fastened modifications for the following 100 models, per 30 days. However, all different expenses will probably be waived off and will probably be paid by the state authorities, the Rajasthan Chief Minister acknowledged.
This scheme is much like Congress’ free electrical energy assure to Karnataka voters within the recently-held election. In the ballot manifesto, the grand previous get together had promised the folks of giving 200 models of free electrical energy though it’s now dealing with hiccups within the implementation of the programme.
This was one of many guarantees that related nicely with the voters, in response to ballot pundits. It appears to be like like Rajasthan Congress is attempting to duplicate the identical within the poll-bound state.
In truth, Congress borrowed the free electrical energy thought from AAP’s governments in Delhi and Punjab.
However, the massive announcement from Gehlot got here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing assault on the Congress at a rally in Ajmer.
The PM stated that Congress has a brand new system of ensures, which is able to depart the nation “bankrupt.” “This ‘assure behavior’ of Congress shouldn’t be new, it’s previous. 50 years again, Congress gave the ‘garibi hatao’ assure to the nation. This is Congress get together’s greatest treachery with the poor. Congress’ technique has been to trick the poor. People of Rajasthan have suffered as a consequence of this,” the Prime Minister stated in a rally in Ajmer in Rajasthan.
On the opposite hand, that is the second main announcement from Gehlot forward of polls this 12 months. In January, he introduced that households under the poverty line (BPL) and beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme in Rajasthan would get LPG cylinders for Rs 500.
