Coming down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that instead of giving 18 crore jobs in the last nine years, BJP is distributing certificates for a mere 3,000-4,000 jobs.
After announcing six poll guarantees for the people of Telangana at a mammoth rally ahead of the Assembly elections, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi returned to the national capital on Sunday evening.
The AAP promised employment to every unemployed in the state, recruitment of 10 lahks unemployed in government jobs and transparency in job recruitment by eliminating recommendation and corruption.
BJP demanded time to discuss the "delay" in the implementation of the poll "guarantees" announced by the Congress. They stormed into the well of the house and Speaker UT Khader was then forced to adjourn the house briefly.
"You have to be careful of those who give false guarantees. The only surmise that one can draw from the Congress's poll guarantees is -- 'Niyat mein Khot aur Gareeb par chot' (questionable intent and a propensity to hurt the poor)," PM Modi said at a public meeting in Shahdol, Madhya Prad
On the Gruha Lakshmi scheme, which promises Rs 2,000 every month to every women 'kartha' of a family, will be implemented from August 15, the CM said. The online application will be opened from June 15 to July 15. Beneficiaries will have to submit Aadhaar card and bank account details
"This is people's money, tax money paid by people, even if one rupee is to be spent, it should be put in front of the people, and the criteria should be set and spent," Priyank Kharge said.