Cong unveils ‘guarantee card’ scheme in Tumakuru

NT Correspondent

Tumakuru: Karnataka Congress’ “guarantee card” campaign picked up pace as the party continues to unveil it in different parts of the state, including Tumakuru on Friday.

The guarantee card schemes include promises of the Congress like the Gruha Lakshmi scheme that seeks to provide Rs 2,000 monthly to women in the state, Gruha Jyoti scheme that would provide 200 units of free electricity to every household in Karnataka.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and its Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and former MLA Rafeeq Ahmed, among Congress other leaders, unveiled the scheme at the local Anjaneya Swamy temple.

Rafique Ahmed said that the schemes had been formulated keeping in mind the poor, women and disadvantaged groups in the state, who would find that the programmes are a boon for them once they are implemented. Congress on Friday added 10 kilograms of free rice monthly to Below Poverty Line (BPL) cardholders to its list of poll promises.