Maharashtra polls: Opposition alliance promises Rs 3,000 per month and free bus rides to women
The Maha Vikas Aghadi also promised to waive farm loans of up to Rs 3 lakh for all farmers and monthly support of Rs 4,000 for unemployed youth.
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Ahead of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Wednesday announced that it will provide financial aid of Rs 3,000 per month and free transportation on all government buses to women under the Mahalakshmi scheme, if voted to power.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprises the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), Sharad Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress.
The alliance released its manifesto at a rally in Mumbai attended by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
The polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place in a single phase on November 20. The counting of votes will take place on November 23, alongside that of the Jharkhand elections.
The Mahalakshmi scheme announcement came in the wake of the ruling Mahayuti alliance promising to increase the monthly payments under the Ladki Bahin scheme to Rs 2,100.
Women aged 21 to 65 whose annual family income is under Rs 2.5 lakh are provided Rs 1,500 per month in Maharashtra under the scheme. The scheme was launched in July.
The Mahayuti alliance comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
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