Last Updated: December 19, 2022, 7:34 PM IST
Congress leader Ashok Gehlot. (Image: @Ashok Gehlot/Twitter)
Stating that the issue of price rise is “serious”, Gehlot said Ujjwala Scheme beneficiaries as well as those under BPL will get 12 LPG cylinders in a year at Rs 500
Rajasthan government has announced to give 12 gas cylinders in a year at Rs 500 each to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and Ujjwala Scheme beneficiaries after April 1 next year. The announcement by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot comes as the state gets ready for Assembly elections in 2023.
Addressing a rally during the Congress’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra” in Alwar in the presence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Gehlot said that the issue of price rise is serious. “We will give 12 gas cylinders in a year at Rs 500 each to BPL families after April 1 next year. No one should remain deprived of benefits of government welfare schemes,” he added, as reported by YEARS.
The issue of price rise is serious. We will give 12 gas cylinders in a year at Rs 500 each to BPL families after April 1 next year. No one should remain deprived of benefits of government welfare schemes: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot at Alwar pic.twitter.com/unrGvFwJfp— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) December 19, 2022
“I’m prepping for the budget next month… Right now, I want to say only one thing. Under the Ujjwala Scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is providing the poor with LPG connections and gas ovens. But the cylinder remains empty. Because the rates are now between Rs 400 and Rs 1,040,” Gehlot was quoted as saying by NDTV.
Attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre, Gehlot alleged that democracy is being weakened in the country and institutions such as the judiciary, the Election Commission and probe agencies are working under fear.
The veteran leader said the entire country is reeling under unemployment and price rise and alleged that the economy is being destroyed and divisions are being created.
“Democracy is being weakened. The judiciary, Election Commission, ED and CBI — all are scared. No one knows in which direction the country will be taken,” he said, accusing those in power of being fascists and dictatorial, PTI reported.
The Rajasthan CM also alleged that those who criticise the Centre are being sent to jail. He said earlier, people used to be scared of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Income-Tax department and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) but now, these agencies themselves are afraid thinking what order would come next from the top.
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