Bengaluru, May 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s election manifesto appears to have copied some of the flagship programmes of the Congress government, with the names changed. The BJP leaders had often mocked Bhagya schemes of chief minister Siddiaramaiah-led government.
As an alternative to Anna Bhagya, it wants Anna Dasoha scheme that offers free region-specific food items to BPL families and subsidised food items to APL families.
In what appears to be a broader alternative to the Shaadi Bhagya scheme of the Congress government, the manifesto promises Vivaha Mangala Yojane under which poor women of all communities would get Rs. 25,000 cash assistance and 3 gm of gold for their marriage.
Similarly, as an alternative to the subsidised Indira canteens, the BJP manifesto promises to set up 300 Mukhyamantri Annapoorna canteens at a rate of three in every district and one in each taluk centre, to provide quality and affordable meals, with a focus on region-specific food
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