Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, after the oath-taking ceremony of the new government in Karnataka, again said that "Nafrat ko mitaya, Mohabbat jeeti" (“Hatred has been eradicated, Love has triumphed.")
Rahul Gandhi was addressing a gathering after Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister and deputy CM respectively alongwith 8 other Ministers at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Rahul Gandhi said that the “five guarantees” promised by the party in its manifesto will be implemented within a few hours after the first Chief Minister Siddaramaia-led Cabinet meeting.
Referring to his “hate has been defeated and love won” remarks, which have been a constant in his poll speeches, he said that the people of Karnataka have defeated BJP’s “hatred and corruption” in this elections.
“We don’t make false promises. We do what we say. The first cabinet meeting of the new government will take place any time from now. In that meeting, all the five ‘guarantees’ will become a law,” Gandhi said.
The “five guarantees” of the Congress Party:
1. Gruha Jyoti, under which the party promised 200 units of free power to all households
2. Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi)
3. 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya)
4. Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (YuvaNidhi), and
5. Free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti). (with Agency inputs)
