Congress' Kantilal Bhuria vows ‘ ₹2 lakh to men with two wives’, BJP says ‘pervert variant of jitni aabadi utna haq’

He besides mentioned the Congress' ‘Mahalaxmi Scheme’ announced successful its manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, saying each mediocre household volition get ₹1 lakh annually.

The magnitude volition beryllium straight transferred to the slope relationship of the oldest pistillate of the household. If the oldest pistillate of the household is absent, past the magnitude volition beryllium transferred to the oldest subordinate of the family, according to the Congress manifesto.

‘An objectionable comment’

State BJP spokesperson Narendra Saluja slammed the Congress enactment implicit Bhuria's “two wives" statement, asking the Election Commission of India to instrumentality enactment into the matter. In a station connected X (formerly Twitter), the BJP person wrote, “What an objectionable comment…"

“…made by Congress's Ratlam campaigner Kantilal Bhuria astir the caput of the country, who represents 140 crore radical of the country...Such is the inexpensive reasoning of Congress...Election Commission should instrumentality cognizance and instrumentality action," helium said.

BJP nationalist spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala besides criticised Bhuria, stating that the Congress aimed to connection incentives to individuals whose idiosyncratic instrumentality permits aggregate marriages.

"Kantilal Bhuria of Congress discloses the perverted variant of "jitni aabadi utna haq" scheme/guarantee of Congress It's not astir women samman but treating women similar an object......Disgusting," helium posted connected the microblogging site.

"Congress says, If you signifier aggregate marriages - you tin get Rs1 lakh per woman .. if you person 2 wives - ₹2 lakhs .. truthful connected .. 4 wives past you tin calculate...Kantilal Bhurai wants to springiness a warrant to those whose idiosyncratic instrumentality encourages aggregate marriages and wants to incentivise much colonisation of its ballot bank," helium added.

Kantilal Bhuria, contesting connected the Congress ticket, volition combat against BJP's Anita Chauhan, who is the woman of MP wood curate Nagar Singh Chauhan. The Ratlam constituency is scheduled for polling successful the 4th signifier of Lok Sabha elections connected May 13. The counting of votes volition beryllium held connected June 4.

Lok Sabha polls successful Madhya Pradesh are underway successful 4 phases. The archetypal signifier of voting ended connected April 19, followed by the 2nd signifier connected April 26 and the 3rd signifier connected May 7. The last signifier for the authorities is scheduled for May 13, which includes 8 constituencies: Dhar, Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Indore, Khargone, and Khandwa. 

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Published: 10 May 2024, 10:10 AM IST