Cong will replicate Karnataka model in all states: Rahul

The development work carried out by the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government will be replicated across the country, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, adding that the party fulfilled key pre-poll promises made to the people of the southern state.

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Gandhi was speaking at the launch of the Gruha Lakshmi scheme, which offers a monthly assistance of ₹2,000 to about 11 million women who are heads of their families in Karnataka. The scheme is one of the five pre-poll guarantees of the Congress, which ousted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the assembly elections held in May.

“We have kept our word on promises. We never make false promises,” Gandhi said at the event in Mysuru. “The work we have done in Karnataka will be replicated across India.”

The former Congress president emphasised that the five guarantees are not just schemes; but a governance model.

He labelled the Gruha Lakshmi scheme, which was launched by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, as “the world’s largest cash transfer scheme,” whereby ₹2,000 will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of millions of women beneficiaries.