Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s announcement of month-to-month assist of Rs 2,100 for ladies on Thursday comes as a sign for one promotion to the neighbouring Punjab regime underneath Bhagwant Man.
The Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) authorities underneath Man has been in energy in Punjab for over three years however has not been in a position to implement the core election promise of delivering Rs 1,000 every month to ladies.
Saini, which has rolled out the Rs 2,100 on Thursday, is unable to satisfy their vital guarantees to Haryana and Punjab’s BJP leaders underneath the identify of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Lado Laxmi Yojana, to satisfy their key guarantees. Given the shut ties between Punjab and Haryana, the BJP believes that the implementation of Saini’s scheme may very well be a powerful assault on the status of the Mann authorities.
And this was evident in Saini’s speech.
“With immediately’s announcement, the BJP has fulfilled one other promise from Sankalppatra (its manifesto),” Saini stated earlier than heading out to different Congress-controlled states akin to AAP, Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh.
Saini added that “constant supply of BJP guarantees” is in distinction to “Congress’s ensures” and “only a Chinese language product that’s neither assured nor dependable.”
“Punjab folks have misplaced religion within the AAP authorities, as they did within the earlier Congress,” Saini stated. The AAP governance mannequin is “intention, intention, coverage” failure.
“The Congress and AAP are literally consuming from the identical plate. Because of this folks have misplaced religion in them… Haryana’s (middle) Ayushman Yojana provides medical health insurance advantages of as much as 5 rupees. Individuals in Punjab are being taken away from this facility,” Man stated.
He then identified that Haryana is “procuring 100% crop” on the lowest assist value (MSP), and that it provides medical health insurance for Ayushman Bharat with a most of Rs 5 lakh.
These may very well be a direct response to the Mann authorities’s actions towards Punjab BJP items, together with detention, as a part of a marketing campaign to lift consciousness of the central scheme that has been allegedly decreased throughout the state.
The BJP is successful on Mann about its month-to-month assist promise to ladies. Mann repeated the bulletins that led to Lok Saba’s election final 12 months, even claiming that the file on the promise “lay on his desk, ready for his signature.”
In October 2024, Mann stated ladies would increase the allowance of Rs 1,100 a month. However that call stays in scope for its funds. In Lok Sabah in March this 12 months, Finance Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary stated Punjab was the second most debt state within the nation when it comes to debt to Gross Home Product (GSDP) ratio.
With the Mann authorities dealing with warmth from a number of fronts, it seems that BJP items are devising a technique to achieve out to Sikh management and sign the neighborhood forward of the 2027 Punjab elections.
Since January 2025, Saini has commonly paid respect at Gurdwara Nada Sahib in Panchkula, participating in non secular rituals and expanded authorities assist to the Haryana Sheikh Gadwara Panbandak Committee.
Within the lately linked monsoon session of Haryana Vidhan Sabah, Saini introduced the work of the Precedence Authorities on Haryana households affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Saini ended his speech on Thursday by expressing concern over the flood state of affairs in Punjab. He added that Haryana is able to ship aid supplies, medical assist and rescue groups to the state:
