Rajasthan polls: Congress launches 'Guarantee Yatra'

07 Nov 2023 Evaluate

The Congress party today kicked off its Guarantee Yatras to take seven guarantees to the people’s doorstep which it has promised to fulfil if the party comes back to power in the state.

Yathra was started after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and the party's state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa offered prayers at the Moti Dungari Ganesh temple. A large number of party leaders and workers took part in the foot march, while Gehlot and Randhawa travelled in a bus as part of the procession. The Yatras will pass through seven divisions, 31 districts and 140 Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan and cover over 4,400 kms over a period of 12 days. CM Ashok Gehlot will join Yatras at Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Kota and Bharatpur on 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 November, respectively. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge, MP Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi are also expected to join the Yatras. 

Ashok Gehlot's seven guarantees are an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to women head of family, cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500 to 1.05 crore families, purchase of cow dung at Rs 2 per kg, law for old pension scheme for government employees, laptop or tablet to students taking admission in government colleges, insurance cover up to Rs 15 lakh per family to compensate losses due to natural calamity, and school education in English medium. Elections to the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will be held on November 25 and votes will be counted on December 3.


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