Karnataka Polls 2023: The Congress in Karnataka offered a Rs 2,000 monthly stipend to every housewife if elected, declared party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a convention in Bengaluru on Monday, news agency PTI reported.
This is the promise offered to every woman in Karnataka by the AICC general secretary, it was revealed during the "Na Nayaki" event organised by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) at Palace Grounds.
Speaking at the convention, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi stated: " I want to ask a question, under BJP govt, has your life become better? Did anything change in your life? Look at past few years and evaluate your life before voting," ANI reported.
Slamming Karnataka govt, Gandhi said: "I have been told that situation in Karnataka is very bad, Rs 1.5 lakh cr money has been lost through corruption. PSI scam is really shameful, you educate your children & this is what you get from politicians in power."
According to the party's State President D K Shivakumar, this is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's first "political visit" to the State, and she will be speaking to the women of Karnataka.
'Let Her Come': CM Bommai On Priyanka's Congress Event
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's "Na Nayaki" (I am the woman leader) event was mocked by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday. He said that the Congress general secretary had reached a point where she needed to publicly declare her status as a leader.
The state minister said that Gandhi had to say "Na Nayaki" because no women were standing beside her and that the ladies of Karnataka were not prepared to heed her appeal.
"Let her (Priyanka) come. Many people come to Bengaluru. I don't have objection. May the event take place properly, but one thing which I am failing to understand is the title of the programme Na Nayaki ," Bommai said.
"Today people have to say Na Nayaki by keeping Priyanka Gandhi's photo. Such a situation has risen where Priyanka Gandhi has to announce herself as a woman leader", Bommai added.
(With Agencies Inputs)