In Jharkhand battle of sops, BJP’s offer of 2,100 to women is met with a JMM counter: Rs 2,500

A large play is unfolding successful Jharkhand implicit wooing women voters successful the upcoming Assembly elections. The ruling conjugation and the absorption BJP successful Jharkhand are taking measures and countermeasures, promising the electorate — including 1.26 crore women — nonstop currency transportation payment starring to allegations and antagonistic allegations implicit misuse of Representation of People’s Act (RPA).

It archetypal started successful August erstwhile Chief Minister Hemant Soren started Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana (MMSY) wherein the authorities started giving Rs 1,000 to each underprivileged women successful 18-50 property group. The authorities authorities has truthful acold fixed 3 installments to the beneficiaries.

The BJP, which came retired with its ‘Panchpran (five resolutions)’ past week, has promised DBT of Rs 2,100 per period to each underprivileged women successful the authorities from the archetypal period of coming to powerfulness successful the state. Following the BJP’s ‘Panchpran’, the JMM has alleged that the Election Commission is “sleeping” portion the BJP is flouting the rules.

The JMM shared a property enactment of the Election Commission, dated May 2, 2024, which stated that the workout of governmental parties and candidates seeking voters’ details connected the pretext of surveys for their “proposed beneficiary schemes” are considered a “corrupt signifier of bribery” nether the Representation of People’s Act. Chief Minister Hemant Soren took to X and directed each the Deputy Commissioners to instrumentality “strict action” against those flouting the EC’s rules.

High-level sources said the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) instructed each Deputy Commissioners to constitute to the EC connected the flouting of the EC’s directive issued connected May 2.

A apical root successful the authorities said: “DCs person been asked to constitute a missive to the EC, however, they don’t person immoderate locus standi sending a missive to the EC straight and galore are successful a hole connected however to code this problem. At slightest 3 lawman commissioners person sent a missive to the CEO bureau successful Ranchi seeking directions based connected the CMO’s instructions.”

The bureau of the CEO, however, denied receiving immoderate missive from immoderate districts. Jharkhand’s Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar said: “The authorities has sent letters to the EC successful the past and they person received responses. Our bureau has nary relation to play successful it. We are not alert of immoderate CMO instructions.”

BJP Chief Babulal Marandi dared the authorities to registry a lawsuit against him successful this issue. Sources said politically JMM and Congress whitethorn not “benefit” from specified letters adjacent if they are sent.

On Wednesday, the JMM submitted the memorandum to the CEO Office seeking its support to commencement the caller strategy — JMM Samman Yojana — successful a bid to antagonistic the BJP’s projected DBT scheme.

JMM wide caput Vinod Kumar Pandey told reporters extracurricular the bureau of the CEO that the process cannot beryllium started without support arsenic per a property enactment issued connected May 2, by the EC.

He said, “If it (EC) finds that the BJP’s projected strategy is not illegal, it should besides licence the JMM’s scheme. The BJP signifier asks for details similar name, address, mobile number, panchayat, block, territory sanction and different details and the strategy promises to Rs 2,100 to each pistillate connected the 11th of each period and Rs 25,000 per year. This is simply a sheer usurpation of Representation of the People’s Act and is aimed astatine luring voters up of the Assembly polls.”