Chandigarh: To woo women voters in Punjab ahead of assembly elections, State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday promised Rs 2,000 per month for women homemakers if his party is voted to power.
He also promised to provide 8 free cooking gas cylinders to homemakers every year and two-wheelers to girls taking admission in colleges for further studies, Rs 20,000 to those passing 12th Class, Rs 15,000 to the ones passing 10th standard while Rs 5,000 to the others passing fifth grade.
Earlier, Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had promised Rs 1,000 to all women in Punjab, besides up to 300 units of free domestic power every month.
Sidhu made these announcements in a rally organised in Punjab’s Barnala district.
Addressing the rally, Sidhu made the promises while stressing the need for empowering women in the state.