Naveen slams BJP govt over Subhadra Yojana.
Bhubaneswar: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik Friday criticised the BJP government for not including all women of Odisha under the ‘Subhadra Yojana’ as part of its ‘guarantee’ during elections.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi an- nounced the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the Yojana, which entitles financial assis- tance of ₹10,000 annually in two equal instalments to over one crore women in the state.
Hours after that, Patnaik said in an X post: “The BJP had given a ‘guarantee’ to give ₹50,000 to each woman. They said ₹50,000 during the election. But now they are paying only ₹5,000. They said all women, and now only one in three women will get the benefits. Is this BJP’s guarantee to moth- ers?”
About 2.25 crore women out of the 4.5 crore population were ex- pected to be involved in this scheme but, according to the gov- ernment, only 70 lakh women will benefit, the BJD president said in the post written in Odia.
The former chief minister said, “The mothers were hopeful that they would be investing the as- sistance money in business or other work. However, only ₹5,000 in 6 months… What will they do with such a meagre amount ie, ₹800 a month?”
The BJP government borrowed ₹50,000 crore to implement the several guarantee schemes, he claimed.
