Bhopal: In Madhya Pradesh’s capital, Bhopal, the state president of the women’s wing of Congress, Vibha Patel, along with some other Congress activists, went to the BJP office. During this visit, they sat down with BJP office minister Raghavendra Sharma. The activists of the Congress party said it is reserving a budget for women, and the BJP has ignored them in the recent budget. So the activists handed over a Memorandum to the State President as well as a packet of memory-enhancing powder to Raghavendra Sharma, stating that it should be handed over to the BJP state president, VD Sharma, to help the BJP remember their promises.
Currently, Vibha Patel has lamented that the budget put forward in the course of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly session contains few proposals for women. She argued that while several rhetorical gestures were given by the BJP, there are no provisions for any women’s organizations in the new budget. This sentiment is similar to other women’s apprehensions in the state regarding lack of support or inclusion in the current budget.
Vibha Patel and her fellow Congress members proved the failure of the BJP on the following issues. The Ladli Behna Yojana was one of the major poll promises, and as per the announcement, Rs 3,000 were to be given to women. But Patel confirms that to date, no such monies have been transferred to the accounts of such beneficiaries. She went further to argue that this is one among many unfulfilled promises that the BJP has made and keeps igniting the people of Madhya Pradesh’s feelings of let down.
The protest at the BJP office was not merely to register a protest but also to ‘awaken’ the ruling party of their promises. Through presenting the memory-enhancing powder, Patel wanted to stress the need to fulfil the electoral promises as well as focus on the problems of all people, and women, in particular. The memorandum submitted to Raghavendra Sharma conveyed all these demands and urged for quick action on the areas lacking in the budget.
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