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Welfare works in polls, east to west
Hindustan Times
|November 24, 2024
Maharashtra and Jharkhand may have thrown up diametrically opposite results on Saturday but behind the comprehensive wins registered by the Mahayuti and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance, respectively, was a common factor -two game-changing women-focussed cash transfer schemes that transformed the poll pitch and helped the respective incumbents win.
Weeks after its underwhelming performance in the Lok Sabha polls, the three-party Mahayuti in the last week of June announced the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, under which poor women were to be provided
This story is from the November 24, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times.
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