Just before the election manifesto was released in Maharashtra-Jharkhand, the Congress itself has put itself in the dock on many issues. Is Congress seeking votes by promising more than its budget? Don’t the promises that Congress says are guarantees in electoral states have their own guarantees? Does Congress ask that these promises, which are not easy to fulfill, be voted on? Is Congress’ guarantee still incomplete? Questions were raised following Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s statement. What he uttered while sitting between the Chief Minister and the Vice President of the Congress that was ruling Karnataka.
Why is Congress now seen talking about making promises as big as the state budget? Has introspection begun within the Congress as the impact of broken promises in Himachal will spill over into the Haryana elections? Even Rahul Gandhi said that we will announce guarantees in Maharashtra on the basis of the budget.
Prime Minister Modi had said attack.
First you have to look at the pockets of the State and then make promises. As soon as this news came from the Congress itself, the Prime Minister launched a series of attacks continuously. In which it was said that Congress has been exposed for not keeping its promises. Congress has learned that it is easy to make false promises that are difficult or impossible to adequately implement. Congress’s assurance remains incomplete in Himachal, Karnataka and Telangana. Prime Minister Modi said it was because of false promises that people rejected the Congress in Haryana. For Congress, there is a vote for the ruined economy and looting.
Abraham Lincoln had said, “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time. It is important to remember that the public cannot be fooled.” Promises all the time.
Congress could not fulfill the promises made in Himachal Pradesh!
If we analyze the guarantee by linking it with Himachal Pradesh, in 2022 elections were held in Himachal. Congress had given ten guarantees. The Congress government affirms that 5 guarantees have been fulfilled in the 15 months of government. It was promised that the old pension plan would be implemented as soon as the government was formed. OPS was restored but around 9,500 employees are still claimed to be out of reach. To this, BJP also adds the allegation that now, due to the Rs 1,000 crore annual settlements for OPS, all employees cannot receive their salaries on time. In Himachal Pradesh, the promise of giving Rs 1,500 to all women between the ages of 18 and 60 is also in limbo. In Himachal Pradesh, only 24,000 women received Rs 1,500, while more than 7 lakh women applied for it.
Another assurance from the Congress was that cow’s milk would be purchased at Rs 80 per kg and buffalo milk at Rs 100 per kg. Currently, there is talk of buying cow’s milk for Rs 45 and buffalo milk for Rs 55. The Congress government claims that Himachal has become the first state in the country to offer a minimum support price for the purchase of milk. He was said to buy cow dung for Rs 2. But even after 22 months nothing has been done about it. In addition, gardeners were promised to decide the price of fruits themselves. Which has not yet been completed.
many promises in limbo
A promise was also made to provide employment to five lakh youth. So far this promise has not been fulfilled. A promise of up to 300 units of free electricity was made, but has not been fulfilled so far; In addition to the previous 125 units of free electricity, the subsidy given to income tax payers has now been suspended. The guarantee of free treatment in every village through mobile clinics is yet to be fulfilled.
These allegations are made with respect to Karnataka.
In Karnataka, there is an allegation that the guarantee was implemented, but when the state’s economic health began to falter in delivering on those promises, the burden began to fall on the public to pay attention from the other side. While in Telangana, women were promised free bus service, which the Congress government has delivered. The promise of loan waiver to farmers is being fulfilled. But the promise of giving Rs 2,500 a month to women in each family under Mahalaxmi Yojana is yet to be fulfilled.
The promise of giving a pension of Rs 4,000 to the elderly has also not been fulfilled yet; Apart from this, the promise of help to the poor for houses under the Indiramma Awas Yojana remains just a paper and has not been implemented on the ground. . So when the president from the Congress side started saying that he would make a promise in Maharashtra after seeing the budget, the BJP surrounded him.
Mallikarjun Kharge asked questions
When the Prime Minister wrote about the Congress presentation, now the Congress President has asked a question. Now Mallikarjun Kharge wonders what happened to the promise of two million jobs every year. Who is responsible for seventy paper leaks in 7 years? Kharge asks how crime against Dalits increased. Why didn’t farmers’ income double by 2022? When will farmers get a legal guarantee of MSP? The public is in the middle of this politics reminding each other of their promises. Which asks why make such a promise, the burden of which falls solely on the common man to fulfill.
What happened to the promises in Maharashtra and Karnataka?
Maharashtra where after starting the scheme to give money to women, maximum attention has been focused on this Ladli Brahmin scheme of the Shinde government. There the estimated expenditure on the promises of the Revadi policy is estimated to be Rs 96,000 crore. Which is 2.2 percent of the state GDP. In Karnataka, Rs 53.7 billion is spent annually just to fulfill the promises made to the public through Rewari Chhap. That is why when the State suffered losses in fulfilling the first promise of free bus service, proposals to increase fares began to be presented. Don’t think that a state like Telangana is very big: Rs 35,200 crore is spent on free promises alone. This is not just happening in opposition-ruled states.
Condition of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana
The same is true in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana. Where the government has to spend billions of rupees just on the promise that it will be free or cheap. While states already have debt. In Haryana, Congress could not win despite making all the promises. It is estimated that more than Rs 13 billion will be spent on various announcements such as cheap electricity, free bus service, bonuses for farmers, etc.
Now, Congress president Kharge has realized that it is important for not only the Congress but also all parties to understand this. Guarantees and promises must be made in accordance with the state budget. Instead of making promises and then taking the burden of borrowing, the government should put the burden on the people.
