Criticising Mayawati for doing nothing for dalits, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that the Congress has brought welfare schemes for the people of Uttar Pradesh. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme provides minimum 100 days employment guarantee in rural areas.
Rahul Gandhi also explained about the benefits of the scheme. “The scheme provides employment to the poor in their own villages. At Rs 120 per day x 100 days it works out to minimum Rs 12,000. This has given the poor employment, income and respectable status in society”, said Rahul Gandhi adding that Mayawati had called MNREGA would not be useful for the poor.
Similarly Janani Saurakha Yojana (Safe Motherhood Delivery) under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) provides for free institutional delivery of pregnant women. But Mayawati’s ministers looted the money for these schemes thus depriving the poor of their rights, said Rahul Gandhi.
This article is posted by pressbrief.in
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