MYSURU: Seeking to fulfill another key pre-poll promise, the Congress government in Karnataka on Wednesday launched the ‘Gruha Lakshmi’ scheme, offering a monthly assistance of Rs 2,000 to about 1.1 crore women who are heads of their households. AICC president M Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar were among those present at the public function on Maharaja College grounds, attended by tens of thousands of people.
“Gruha Lakshmi” scheme, rolled out amid fanfare, is one of the five pre-poll ‘guarantees’ of the Congress, which ousted the BJP from power in the May assembly elections.
