Women centric schemes game-changer for Maharashtra, Jharkhand?

Women centric schemes could person proved a game-changer successful some Maharashtra and Jharkhand, arsenic some states witnessed a surge successful women voters successful the precocious held assembly polls arsenic good arsenic instrumentality of the ruling alliances with a thumping majority.

In Maharashtra, wherever the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP confederation registered a landslide victory, the Ladki Bahin Yojana launched successful August this twelvemonth up of the assembly polls provided Rs 1,500 per period to women with an yearly household income of little than Rs 2.5 lakh.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde aboriginal announced that the assistance would beryllium accrued to Rs 2,100 and besides announced a program to enlistee 25,000 women into the constabulary unit to heighten safety.

While successful the precocious conducted Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Mahayuti of the NDA and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc of the absorption was conscionable 0.4 per cent adjacent though the second won 29 seats, the BJP-led bloc won the authorities getting a grounds fig of seats.

Asked astir the MVA's nonaccomplishment successful the state, CPI(M) person Ashok Dhawale mentioned the Ladki Bahin strategy arsenic good arsenic immoderate schemes for the operation workers announced by the Mahayuti authorities station the Lok Sabha elections results arsenic a large crippled changer for the ruling alliance.

“There are respective factors, which volition person to beryllium further analysed, but aft the Lok Sabha elections, the authorities authorities decided connected assorted schemes similar the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which provides Rs 1,500 per period to women, and immoderate schemes for the operation workers had an interaction connected the voters,” Dhawale told PTI.

A strategy for nonstop payment transportation to women was seen arsenic a cardinal crippled changer successful the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections past year.

The 'Ladli Behna Yojana', brought by the BJP authorities nether erstwhile main curate Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was credited for the enactment retaining powerfulness successful the state, adjacent arsenic determination was a cognition that the Congress had an borderline implicit the incumbent party.

As Chouhan, a Union curate now, was made the predetermination in-charge for Jharkhand, the BJP made a pre-poll committedness of Rs 2,100 per period to each women if voted to power.

The authorities government, however, took a pb and started the ‘Maiya Samman scheme' successful August this twelvemonth which appears to person swayed the women voters towards the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).

Under this scheme, the women aged 21 to 50 years get a fiscal assistance of Rs 1,000 each month. The strategy is said to payment astir 5 cardinal women statewide. According to the Election Commission data, the spread betwixt antheral and pistillate voters successful the polls has been going down implicit the years.

In the Maharashtra Assembly polls this time, 65.21 per cent women formed their votes compared to 66.84 per cent men, a spread of 1.63 percent points, portion 62.77 per cent antheral voters had exercised their franchise successful 2019 compared to 59.2 per cent women voters, a spread of 3.57 percent points.

In Jharkhand, the women voters outnumbered men successful some phases of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, with 68 retired of the 81 seats signaling a higher pistillate turnout, according to authorities predetermination officials.

Of the 2.61 crore registered electors, including 1.29 crore women voters, implicit 1.76 crore radical formed their votes. A notable 91.16 lakh women voters participated, surpassing antheral turnout by 5.52 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.