Rajasthan assembly elections 2023: Here's what Congress has promised for women

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Rajasthan Congress infighting on ticket distribution brings forth old rivalries Rajasthan has never re-elected a government since 1998, alternating between the Congress and the BJP. Recently, Congress its manifesto for the Rajasthan assembly elections. The Ashok Gelhot government has announced two significant promises for women keeping in mind inflation in the country.

Also read: Rajasthan News: CM Ashok Gehlot accuses BJP of targeting him via ED raids: 'Red Rose is happening' Congress's government has promised an annual honorarium of ₹10,000 to the women heads of families in the western state, under its "Grah Laxmi Guarantee". Besides, the Ashok Gehlot government promised cooking gas cylinders for ₹500 to 1.05 crore families if re-elected in Rajasthan. Besides women-centric schemes, the Rajasthan Congress has also announced other guarantees such as a law on the Old Pension Scheme, buying cow dung, and providing a laptop or a tablet to government college students if they get reelected.

Gehlot promised school education in English medium, buying cow dung at ₹2 per kg under the 'godhan scheme' and ₹15-lakh insurance cover for losses in natural disasters. He also said a law will be passed to ensure the Old Pension Scheme for government employees so that no future dispensation can stop OPS. He said students taking admission to government colleges will be given a tablet or a laptop in the first year.