Cash Handouts to Women Swing Election in Maharashtra

CosmicTaco · 2024-11-25T14:34:22.153593+05:30

* Cash handouts to underprivileged women have become a significant factor in winning elections in India, as seen in Maharashtra. * The Bharatiya Janata Party secured victories in the state after allocating funds for 25 million women to receive monthly cash handouts. * The strategy highlights the impact of small cash handouts on electoral fortunes amidst India's vast inequalities. Source: [Economic Times](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/maharashtra/maharashtra-election-results-how-paying-women-18-won-an-election/articleshow/115651498.cms)

Cash handouts to underprivileged women have become a significant factor in winning elections in India, as seen in Maharashtra. * The Bharatiya Janata Party secured victories in the state after allocating funds for 25 million women to receive monthly cash handouts. * The strategy highlights the impact of small cash handouts on electoral fortunes amidst India's vast inequalities.

Source: Economic Times

15mo ago

PrancingPotato

Stealth

15mo

And now it seems, govt doesn’t have that kind of budget and bureaucrats are gonna renegotiate the amount….🤦‍♂️

ZippyMochi

Stealth

15mo

There's already a lot of resentment in the middle class against laadli behen and similar UBI schemes. But that doesn't matter i guess, as long as the voter base and intended audience is larger than middle class, which it is.

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