Ujjwala Yojana beneficiary from UP raises debt issue during live interaction with PM Modi – WATCH how he responded
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the second phase of the government’s flagship Ujjwala Yojana from Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh. One crore new free LPG connections will be provided under the second phase of the scheme. During the launch of the scheme, PM Modi also interacted with the beneficiaries of the first phase of Ujjwala Yojana from across the country. Beneficiaries from Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, and Madhya Pradesh participated in the virtual event.
As per protocol, while all women who are scheduled to interact with the PM are informed beforehand about the topic of discussion, sometimes the participants raise unrelated issues. In one such interaction, PM Modi was interacted with Kiran Devi of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh who was sitting with her daughter for the programme. When PM Modi asked who all are there in her family, she said that her husband works out of state and she runs a women self-help group and is associated with Antyoday Gramin Ajeevika mission.
