Congress stalwart Rahul Gandhi, who has been pushing for Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) (a proposed minimum income guarantee scheme) on Tuesday promised people of poll-bound Kerala that the scheme will be ‘tested’ in the southern state if the party-led UDF is voted to power.
Rahul hit the campaign trail in Kottayam and was greeted by huge crowds. At Parthumpara near here, accompanied by all the top leaders of the party, he stopped at a corner junction and got on to a stage and called a girl to the stage.
"The reason I called her to the stage is because I am worried about her future. She does not represent just one girl, but all the youngsters. At the moment in Kerala, jobs are there only for one particular group. So to change that our UDF govt should come to power and we will do that," said Gandhi
"I have a selfish reason to test it," he said at an election meeting organised at Manarcad in Puthuppally Assembly constituency represented by former chief minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy. Flanked by Chandy and Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal on a roofless campaign vehicle, Gandhi said he was confident about the success of the NYAY scheme.
Rs 72,000 a year will go straight into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
"And we know what is going to happen next. We are testing a new idea in Kerala," Gandhi told party workers who gathered in large numbers around the campaign vehicle to listen to his speech.
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