The congress party behaves in an unusual manner. While the governments of the Congress-ruled states of karnataka, rajasthan, and chhattisgarh pay meager monthly pensions to elderly citizens and widows, party senior leader rahul gandhi promised that if telangana was elected to power, older residents and widows would receive a pension of Rs 4,000.

In the most recent elections, the congress won in karnataka and has been in power in rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It is interesting to note that the monthly pension granted varies between Rs 350 in chhattisgarh, Rs 750 in rajasthan, and Rs 800 in Karnataka. Although the congress party controlled the aforementioned three States, there was no standardization of monthly pensions.

Telangana, on the other hand, is one of the States that provides elderly citizens and widows with the highest monthly pension among all the other States. A monthly pension of Rs. 2,016 is granted to senior citizens, widows, and physically disabled people, who receive a monthly pension of Rs. 4,000. Apart from that, 65 years of age was previously required to qualify for pensions under the Aasara program. The State government last year reduced the eligibility to 57 years. As a result, there are now 45.80 lakh retirees enrolled in the program as a whole.

The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has criticized congress leader rahul Gandhi's announcement to grant an Rs. 4,000 monthly pensions. The monthly stipend of Rs. 4,000 was demanded by BRS mla D Sudheer reddy from the congress party in karnataka, rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. "In a few States, congress is in power. It ought to make these statements in those States before providing telangana with similar assurances, according to Sudheer Reddy. rahul Gandhi's pledges were mocked by BRS spokesperson D Shravan, who claimed that they were just designed to sway State voters.

The congress was attempting to deceive the populace with false claims as the assembly elections drew near. Similar announcements were also made prior to the 2018 elections, but the public ignored them, he claimed. The telangana people have already decided to elect chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for a third straight term, notwithstanding the false promises being made by the congress, shravan stated.
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SIBY JEYYA

04/07/2023 07:17 AM