The monthly financial assistance provided to eligible women in Madhya Pradesh under the Ladli Bahna Yojana will gradually increase to Rs 5,000, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced on Saturday.
At present, the state government transfers Rs 1,250 each month to the bank accounts of women beneficiaries enrolled in the scheme, which was launched ahead of last year's assembly elections.
"Sisters, did anyone ever deposit money in your account? Ask this to the Congress people. You (Congress) used to loot and snatch from people," Yadav remarked while addressing a rally in the Budhni assembly constituency, which will hold a by-election on November 13.
He further responded to Congress' allegations that the monthly cash transfer scheme, introduced by then-CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was only for electoral purposes and would be discontinued. "You (Congress) keep making noise, we will keep giving (depositing money in bank accounts). The BJP government kept depositing Rs 1,250. The government will deposit Rs 1,250 today...it will keep increasing (the monthly assistance) from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000. This is the government's policy," the chief minister stated.
Later in the evening, Yadav transferred the Rs 1,250 instalment to the accounts of Ladli Bahna Yojana beneficiaries.
The Budhni seat became vacant after the resignation of sitting MLA and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, following his election to the Lok Sabha from Vidisha. Chouhan, now the Union Agriculture Minister, has represented Budhni in the assembly several times as the BJP MLA.
The Congress has fielded former state minister Rajkumar Patel from Budhni, while the BJP has nominated Ramakant Bhargava, a former MP from Vidisha, as its candidate.
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