'Is Congress 'Mohabbat Ki Dukan' or ‘Dhamki Ki Dukan?’, asks BJP on Kamal Nath's warning Yesterday, Nath, who is also the former CM of Madhya Pradesh accused BJP of copying some of the promises which Congress wrote in its manifesto. Nath alleged that the BJP has copied the Congress' announcements of ₹4,000 per bag to tendu leaf pluckers, ₹1.01 lakh for the marriage of women, gas cylinders at ₹500, and free education for girls and the poor.
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The Congress which is striving to return to power in the state had announced its manifesto before the BJP. Congress has made various promises including ₹25 lakh health insurance coverage to all the people in MP, 27% reservation for OBCs, and an IPL team of the state.
BJP promises ₹2 lakh to girl child, LPG at ₹450, free education On the other, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah questioned the Congress' commitment to the upliftment of the Other Backward Classes and said the party had opposed and suppressed the Mandal Commission report for several years. Shah's attack on the Congress comes at a time when the party has promised to carry out a caste census in Madhya Pradesh if it gets elected to power.
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