New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday announced five major guarantees if the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance came to power in Jammu and Kashmir. One of the key promises is a health insurance scheme providing coverage of ₹25 lakh to every family in Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking at a poll rally in Anantnag, Kharge also revisited a long-standing commitment from Congress, vowing to fulfill the promise of rehabilitating Kashmiri Pandit migrants. He shared moments from the rally on X.
Campaigning for the alliance candidates in this south Kashmir town, Kharge also said the Congress-NC government will give Rs 3,000 monthly to the women heads of families besides promising to restore the provision to give 11 kg grains per person through the public distribution system.
He said the promise for rehabilitation of Kashmir Pandit migrants, which was made during the term of Manmohan Singh, will be fulfilled.
The OBCs will also get their rights as enshrined in the Constitution, he added. The Congress president read out the five guarantees in presence of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and other senior Congress leaders, including K C Venugopal and Subodh Kant.
Kharge said there were one lakh jobs vacancies in Jammu and Kashmir but the current dispensation appointed by the BJP-led Centre is not filling them as “they want to keep people of Jammu and Kashmir poor”.
Kharge promised a monthly benefit of ₹3,000 to women heads of families in Jammu and Kashmir, alongside an interest-free loan of ₹5 lakh to women. Kharge read out the promises in the presence of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and other senior Congress leaders, including K C Venugopal and Subodh Kant.
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