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BJP Leverages Haryana's ₹2,100 Women's Scheme Against AAP for 2027 Punjab Polls
- •The BJP is using Haryana's Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana, offering ₹2,100 monthly, as a key strategy for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
- •This move aims to counter AAP's Mawan Dhiyan Satkar Yojana, which provides ₹1,000 (general) or ₹1,500 (SC) per month, highlighting the financial disparity.
- •The BJP plans to exploit AAP's delayed fulfillment of its 2022 promise of ₹1,000 per month for Punjabi women, with Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini criticizing Punjab's slow implementation.
- •Women constitute 47.45% of Punjab's electorate and have a higher voter turnout, making direct benefit transfers to women a crucial electoral strategy for the BJP.
- •The BJP also contrasts Haryana's ₹3,200 monthly allowance for senior citizens with Punjab's ₹1,500, expanding its welfare scheme comparison.
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Haryana's Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana provides eligible women with a monthly payout of ’2,100. In contrast, Punjab's Mawan Dhiyan Satkar Yojana offers ’1,000 per month to general-category women and ’1,500 per month to Scheduled Caste (SC) women.
The BJP is targeting the AAP government over a four-year delay in executing its 2022 election promise of providing monthly financial assistance to Punjabi women. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini pointed out that Punjab's registration processes have lagged, whereas Haryana swiftly allocated ’6,500 crore to disburse its own benefits.
Under their respective social security frameworks, senior citizens in Haryana receive a monthly allowance of ’3,200, whereas senior citizens in Punjab receive a flat monthly rate of ’1,500.
