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Cong to guarantee minimum income for poor if voted to power: Rahul in Dehradun

PTI
Published : Mar 16, 2019, 4:22 pm IST
Updated : Mar 16, 2019, 4:23 pm IST

Rahul said, India would be the first country in the world to introduce a scheme like this.

Rahul launched the Congress's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls at a rally in Uttarakhand. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)
 Rahul launched the Congress's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls at a rally in Uttarakhand. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Dehradun: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said if elected to power, his party will introduce a scheme of guaranteed minimum income for the poor, which will go straight into their bank accounts.

Launching the Congress's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls at a rally in Uttarakhand, Gandhi said everyone earning below a certain level would be given a guaranteed minimum income, which would go straight into the accounts of the beneficiaries.

He added that India would be the first country in the world to introduce a scheme like this if the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power.

The seven-phased Lok Sabha polls will be held from April 11 to May 19 and the counting of votes will be taken up on May 23.

Tags: rahul in dehradun, upa
Location: India, Uttarakhand, Dehradun