KOLHAPUR :
MAHARASHTRA Chief
Minister Eknath Shinde has
said the financialassistance under the‘Ladki
Bahin’ scheme could
even be raised to Rs
3,000 if women in the
State support his
Government.
Shinde also wondered why the
Opposition was jealousoverhisGovernment’swelfareinitiativesandexudedconfidence that the ruling
MahaYuti alliance of the Shiv
Sena, BJP and NCP will retain
power in the upcoming State
elections.
Hewas speakingonTuesday
atacongregationofseers at the
Kanheri Math in Kolhapur on
the occasion of the ‘dharma
dhwaj’ inauguration.
Under theMahaYuti
Government’s flagship
welfare scheme
‘MukhyamantriMajhi
Ladki Bahin Yojana’,
introduced ahead of
the state polls, married, divorced, and
destitute women aged
21-65 are receiving Rs1,500 per
month as stipend with the
annual family income of beneficiaries capped atRs 2.5lakh.
Shinde criticised the
Opposition for criticising the
Government over the Ladki
Bahin scheme and asked why
was it getting jealous.
“If the dear sisters give
strength to the Government, it
will even surpass Rs 1,500, it
will make it to Rs 2,000 and
even take it to Rs 3,000,” he
said. Shinde termed the
Government’smove to declare
desicows“Rajyamata-Gomata”
as a historic decision.
“Had we not formed
Government, which the common man was longing for two
years, we would have not
strengthened our sisters, we
would not have given the
‘Rajyamata’ status to cows,
we would not have done the
work we could do in these two
years,” he said.