January 22, 2025

BJP will never understand pain of poverty: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge | India News

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NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday targeted the BJP and the Centre for spreading confusion among the masses and said that the BJP will never understand the pain of poverty.
“Congress understands what poverty is and works wholeheartedly for the poor and farmers. But the BJP cannot even think about the work that the Congress party does for villages, poor laborers and farmers. They just spread confusion,” Kharge said at a conference of farmers and labourers in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district of Chhattisgarh.
Praising the work of the Chhattisgarh government, Kharge said that the Bhupesh Baghel‘s government is running all the programs well and the people of Chhattisgarh are getting benefitted from it.
“Congress government has implemented schemes worth Rs 2300 crore in Baloda bazar. If we continue to work together like this, no one can remove us,” Kharge said.
During the conference, an amount of Rs 55 crore 76 lakh 26 thousand was distributed to 1 lakh 2 thousand 889 beneficiaries under various schemes.
Women’s reservation will also turn out to be a ‘jumla’
Kharge called the Women’s Reservation bill a ‘jumla’ and claimed that Prime Minister Modi will never give reservation to women. “He will not implement it in 2024 or even in 2029. It will be like PM’s promise of jobs for 10 crore people which was never fulfilled,” Kharge said.
“Did Rs 15 lakh reach anyone’s account? All this turned out to be just a statement. Women’s reservation will also turn out to be just a phrase,” he added.
Farmers, labourers get money under various schemes
Mallikarjun Kharge and Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated 264 development works worth Rs 266 crore in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district. They also distributed money to farmers and workers under the Nyay schemes and labor schemes.
In the conference, an amount of Rs 1895 crore was transferred to the bank accounts of 24 lakh 52 thousand 592 farmers of the state under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and an amount of Rs 5 crore 16 lakh was transferred to 65 thousand cow dung sellers under Godhan Nyay Yojana.
Apart from this, incentive amount of Rs 57 crore 18 lakh was also given to 33 thousand 642 sugarcane producing farmers.
Workers to get Rs 1500 monthly pension
Chief Minister Construction Workers Pension Assistance Scheme was launched in the conference. Under this scheme, construction workers who have been registered for ten years and have completed 60 years of age will be given pension assistance of Rs 1500 for life.



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