Twenty percent of the poorest families in the country will get Rs 72,000 yearly if the Congress comes to power at the Centre, party President Rahul Gandhi announced today. "It is an extremely powerful, dynamic, well-thought through idea. We have done all our calculations and will be implementing it," he said. Mr Gandhi said 25 crore people or five crore families will benefit from the scheme.
Earlier today, top leaders of the Congress met to discuss and give a final shape to the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha election starting April 11. The CWC is the highest decision-making body of the party and is chaired by Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
In Uttar Pradesh, actor-turned-politician Hema Malini will hold a rally with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Mathura today. The two leaders are holding rally as part of the BJP's Vijay Sankalp rallies.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will take up a plea by Opposition parties to have verification of at least 50% of VVPAT slips be counted and tallied with EVMs. An expert panel of Indian Statistical Institute had submitted its report on the quantum for VVPAT slips counted & tallied with EVMs.
The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 and the results will be announced on May 23.
