Former Chief Minister of the UP and Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said he hopes the Minimum Income Plan by Congress party won’t be like the ‘Rs 15 lakh promise’ to the poor by the BJP.
Speaking to the media at the Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow, the party president expressed his doubts over Congress’s scheme for the poorest 20% people of India.
However, Yadav also banked on the opportunity to boast about the pro-poor schemes launched by his Government.
Akhilesh said, “It was our Samajwadi Party Government which had for the first time announced a package for the poor people of Bundelkhand wherein they were given grains, milk, oil, etc.”
He added that the SP Government used to give the Lohia Awas worth Rs 3.05 lakh to the poor and the Samajwadi pension to females of the family.
“We always lead by example,” Akhilesh said.
The SP party president informed the media that their team will assess the details of the scheme and then decide the party’s stand.
The Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi in an election sop on Monday announced that Rs 72,000 per year will be given as minimum income to poor families if his party is voted to power in the Lok Sabha polls. Asserting that it will be the final assault on poverty, he said the scheme would benefit around 25 crore people.