The Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has proved to beryllium a crippled changer for the MahaYuti confederation of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP successful the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Despite the absorption terming it a 'bribe' to the women, the MahaYuti made peculiar efforts to beforehand the strategy by organising functions crossed the state. Each of the implicit 2.36 crore eligible women beneficiaries received Rs 7,500 (Rs 1,500 each for 5 months from July to November) and they overwhelmingly supported the MahaYuti.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde successful his absorption admitted that the Ladki Bahin Yojana had done wonders for MahaYuti resulting successful resounding performance. Incidentally, the women and kid improvement section headed by NCP Minister Aditi Tatkare and her squad strived to marque the strategy a large occurrence arsenic it was implemented smoothly without large errors.
Of the full 9.70 crore voters, 6.40 crore voters formed their votes successful November. Of the 6.40 crore voters, 3.06 crore were women and 3.34 crore men. The MahaYuti's pro-women run worked arsenic they came successful a ample fig to vote. The women voters responded positively to MahaYuti's assurance to summation the monthly assistance to Rs 2,100. The Chief Minister during a bid of rallies announced that the MahaYuti authorities aft being voted to powerfulness volition summation the monthly assistance successful phases to Rs 3,000.
On the different hand, Maha Vikas Aghadi's committedness of monthly assistance of Rs 4,000 nether the Mahalakshmi Yojana did not enthuse the women voters much. Women voters showed by voting successful ample numbers that they were blessed with the MahaYuti's fulfilment of its committedness and its resoluteness to proceed to the Ladki Bahin Yojana aft coming to powerfulness again. They were not prepared to hold for Maha Vikas Aghadi's assistance of Rs 4,000.
The MahaYuti leaders, including Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, powerfully projected that Maha Vikas Aghadi would adjacent down each payment and improvement schemes launched by the MahaYuti government.
CM Shinde and his 2 deputies besides rubbished the opposition's assertion that the Ladki Bahin Yojana would beryllium coiled up arsenic it was an predetermination 'jumla'. The Chief Minister and 2 Dy CMs reiterated that the payment and improvement schemes person been launched considering the state's fiscal information by making capable allocation. The authorities has earmarked Rs 46,000 crore for Ladki Bahin Yojana during 2004-25.
On the different hand, Maha Vikas Aghadi failed to make magic with its committedness of Rs 4,000 aid. MahaVikas Aghadi went connected to criticise the authorities authorities implicit the rising fiscal shortage which was reported astatine Rs 2.30 lakh crore and nationalist indebtedness of implicit Rs 7.82 lakh crore cautioning that the authorities is heading for a large fiscal crisis. However, it did not enactment successful its favour arsenic the women voters and the beneficiaries of different payment and improvement schemes look to person been convinced that the authorities authorities is successful a presumption to mobilise indispensable resources internally and besides with the beardown backing of the Centre.