Samajwadi Party National President and MP Akhilesh Yadav in conversation with party MP Dimple Yadav during a press conference, at the party office in Lucknow Wednesday
Akhilesh was speaking at a discussion on Stri Samman Smridhi Yojana that SP had designed to implement, under which women will be given Rs 40,000 annually with an annual increase. The scheme is being seen as a build-up on Samajwadi Pension Scheme for women launched when Akhilesh was UP CM from 2012 to 2017. Insinuating that even BJP govt in the state has acknowledged that projects launched by SP govt a decade ago have been exemplary innovations that have stood the test of time, Akhilesh said recently when a Japanese delegation visited Lucknow, govt took them to 1090 headquarters – a project that was launched under SP govt for helping women in distress.
He announced that these issues will figure prominently in SP manifesto for the assembly polls.
“Aadhi abadi ko poori azadi dilane ka kaam karenge (We will work to ensure complete freedom for women),” Akhilesh said, adding that “This is just the start of what our manifesto will look like. “The project stands as an example of what SP govt had done for the safety and security of women,” he said. The former UP CM went on to add that students will get free travel on roadways and city buses and metro trains while girl students, who will clear their intermediate exams, will be given laptops. More such elements will be added to the list in the days to come.
Lucknow: With the focus on Gen Z and Aadhi Abadi (women who comprise half of the state’s population), Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said women will get Rs 40,000 every year and all 26,000 primary schools shut by BJP govt in UP will be reopened once SP is voted to form govt in the state in 2027 polls. He added that people also remember what chief minister said to a mother who had lost her son in the fire incident in Lucknow.
Calling upon BJP-led Centre and state govts to implement the women’s reservation bill that had been passed in Parliament, Akhilesh said of late BJP has been talking a lot about Nari Vandan.