Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Prayagraj on Tuesday (Twitter/BJP)UP Assembly Election 2022 Live Updates: Taking a swipe at his rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said women are happy with the government’s decision to raise the marriage age to 21 but this has caused pain to some. “We are trying to increase the age of marriage of women to 21 years so that they can have time to study and progress. The country is taking this decision for its daughters. Everyone is seeing who is having problems with this…it has caused pain to some,” he said.
Addressing a rally in Prayagraj, Prime Minister Modi also said that goons used to rule UP streets and but now Yogi Adityanath has “shown them their rightful place”.
In other news, former BJP MLA Ram Iqbal Singh, a critic of his party’s government in Uttar Pradesh, joined the Samajwadi Party Monday. In a tweet, the SP dubbed the Ballia MP’s joining a sign of its “growing caravan”.
Meanwhile, as campaigning heats up, the BJP has gone out of its way to accommodate one of its allies – NISHAD Party chief Sanjay Nishad. The reason is his usefulness as the BJP mops up caste votes for the elections. The party, with its base among fishermen and boatmen, claims influence over “18 per cent of the state’s voters” (others say it is considerably lower) and as many as 160 Assembly seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday during an event in Prayagraj transferred Rs 1,000 crore to bank accounts of self-help groups to benefit around 16 lakh women. He also released over Rs 20 crore to more than 1 lakh beneficiaries under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Scheme’, a scheme that provides conditional cash transfer to a girl child at different stages of her life. In addition, he laid the foundation stone of 202 supplementary nutrition manufacturing units in 43 districts.
The project is a continuation of similar development and infrastructure announcements made by the BJP and Prime Minister Modi in recent months in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Here we take a look at some of the major announcements made by the PM.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday alleged that her children's Instagram accounts have been hacked.
"Leave phone tapping… Instagram account of my children have also been hacked,” Priyanka told reporters when asked about allegations of phone tapping of opposition leaders by the government.
“Does the government have no other work?" she asked.
The Congress leader made the allegation two days after Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of getting his telephones tapped and listening to the recordings of his conversations every evening. (PTI)
"We are trying to increase the age of marriage of women to 21 years so that they can have time to study and progress. The country is taking this decision for its daughters. Everyone is seeing who is having problems with this...it has caused pain to some," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a rally in Prayagraj.
Taking a jibe at rival parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that his government's decision to raise women's marriage age to 21 is causing pain to some.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that goons used to rule UP streets and but now Yogi Adityanath has “shown them their rightful place”. He also said that 25 lakh of 30 lakh homes given under PM Awas Yojana have been registered in name of women in Uttar Pradesh.
PM Modi said his government was working relentlessly, without any discrimination or partiality, to empower the future of daughters. He illustrated this with the example of the Union Cabinet raising the legal age of marriage to 21 last week. "Daughters also want time to pursue their studies, to get equal opportunities. Therefore, efforts are being made to raise the age of marriage to 21 years for daughters," he said.
PM Modi says the number of girls has increased in many states due to his government's 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign. He also said his government has focused on immunization of pregnant women, delivery in hospitals and nutrition during pregnancy.
"Under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Rs 5,000 is deposited in the bank accounts of women during pregnancy, so that they can take care of proper diet," PM Modi says.
PM Narendra Modi says, "The women of Uttar Pradesh, mothers-sisters-daughters have decided... they will not let the era of earlier governments come back. The security given by the government of double engine, the respect it has given to the women of Uttar Pradesh, it has increased their dignity. It is unprecedented."
PM Modi, addressing 2 lakh women, says, "Prayagraj has been the land of confluence of Ganga-Yamuna-Saraswati, the symbol of our mother power for thousands of years."
"The whole country is watching the work done for the development of UP, for the empowerment of women. Right now, I got the privilege of transferring crores of rupees to the accounts of more than one lakh beneficiary daughters of Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana. This scheme is becoming a great medium of trust for the poor, girls and villages," he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transferred Rs 1,000 crore to Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Uttar Pradesh, which is expected to benefit around 16 lakh women. It was part of his vision to empower women, especially at the grassroots level, by providing them with necessary skills, incentives and resources.
PM Modi also transferred Rs 20 crore to more than one lakh beneficiaries, to provide assistance for girls. He also laid the foundation stone of 202 Supplementary Nutrition Manufacturing Units.
The Prayagraj programme is being attended by over 2 lakh women.
PM Narendra Modi has arrived in Prayagraj, where he will participate in an event that will be attended by over 2 lakh women. He was received by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said the Uttar Pradesh government should focus on its work rather than listening to people’s phone calls. She was responding to a question on the phone-tapping allegations levelled by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. Akhilesh had said that the phones of people associated with SP, along with his own, were being tapped.
I have no intention of contesting the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh nor the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait – one of the prominent faces of the farmers’ year-long agitation – has said. Tikait, a Jat leader from west Uttar Pradesh, made the remark after Samjawadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on December 16 he would welcome if the farm leader fought the state elections from an SP ticket. Read more
The BJP is a tough partner when it comes to allies. However, as the Uttar Pradesh elections heats up, the party has gone out of its way to accommodate one of them – NISHAD Party chief Sanjay Nishad. The reason is Nishad’s usefulness as the BJP mops up caste votes for the elections. The NISHAD (Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal) Party, with its base among fishermen and boatmen, claims influence over “18% of the state’s voters” (others say it is considerably lower) and as many as 160 Assembly seats. Lalmani Verma writes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh today for an event in Prayagraj, aimed at empowerment of women through self help groups. The government has claimed the “one-of-its-kind” programme will be attended by about 2 lakh women, where PM Modi will initiate transfer of Rs 1,000 crore to Self Help Groups (SHGs) under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) to benefit about 16 lakh women members. Read more here