Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati recently launched a scathing attack on the Rajasthan government over the introduction of the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023. She said the bill has been passed in view of the upcoming general assembly elections in a move to woo voters. The Rajasthan government tabled the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023, which seeks to cover the entire adult population and be provided with some guaranteed wages or pension.
Mayawati attacks Rajasthan government
The BSP chief sharply criticised Rajasthan’s Minimum Guarantee Income Bill, 2023, adding that it has been introduced with the motive to generate a vote bank rather than focusing on public interest.
The BSP chief tweeted, “The announcement of the minimum income guarantee scheme etc by the Congress government of Rajasthan just before the assembly general elections is less of public interest and more a decision of their political interest. Due to this, it is difficult for poor people to get immediate relief, yet is it appropriate to spend huge amounts of government money only on publicity?”
‘Gehlot slept like Kumbhakarna’
Referring to political friction among the top leaders of the Rajasthan Congress, the former Uttar Pradesh CM said that there was enough time for the government to commence public welfare works in the state.
She added, “Although the Gehlot government kept sleeping like Kumbhakarna throughout its tenure and was involved in mutual political upheavals, otherwise many works related to the public interest and public welfare should have been started by the government much earlier due to the poverty, unemployment, backwardness and poverty of the people of the state.”
Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023
The Rajasthan Government on Friday passed the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023. The Bill promises 125 days of work a year to all families in the state. Aside from this, the bill also guarantees a minimum wage o Rs 1000 per month to the elderly, the specially-abled, widows and single women, which is expected to increase by 15 per cent every year.
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