PM Modi to launch free gas connection with refill and stove ahead of UP polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the second version of Ujjwala free cooking gas connection scheme along with “a free refill and a stove” on Tuesday from Mahoba district of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, replicating the success of its first version that had earned immense political goodwill for the BJP in the 2017 UP assembly polls, two people aware of the development said.
Under the Ujjwala 2.0, the Union government will distribute about 10 million gas connections this financial year to the poor along with a free refill and a stove, they said requesting anonymity. About five years ago, ahead of the crucial UP polls, PM Modi had launched the first version of the scheme (Ujjwala 1.0) in Ballia, a district in the state on May 1, 2016.
