All women above 18 to get Rs 1,000 per month if AAP forms govt in Goa: Arvind Kejriwal

“There are young women who can’t attend college because their fathers do not have money. They can go to college with this money. If AAP comes to power, no woman in Goa will have to be financially dependent on her father or husband for small needs. This scheme will empower women financially,” he said, adding that women’s empowerment “is when women remain financially independent”.

Women who are financially comfortable have the option to opt out of the programme, Kejriwal said. The AAP leader claimed that the decision to deposit Rs 1,000 in the bank account of each woman in the state is financially sound and will benefit 5.5 lakh women.

“Goa’s budget is Rs 22,000 crore. If we eliminate 20 per cent corruption charges from the budget, which is Rs 4,000 crore, we can provide 300 units of free electricity, unemployment allowance, free pilgrimage, Griha Aadhar, and monthly allowance to all women above the age of 18 years,” Kejriwal said.

Speaking of the elections, Kejriwal said that Goa’s leaders were either talking about political alliances between parties or were switching from one party to another. He said that no other party was talking about jobs or education or other issues that people in Goa faced.

“We are making a plan for Goa’s development. No other party is doing it. They have nothing to do with Goa. They only want to loot Goa,” the AAP chief said.

Following allegations by the Congress that a minister in the Pramod Sawant government was involved in a “sex scandal”, the AAP on Sunday also demanded action against the minister.