BJP forces women to attend rallies to get benefits: Priyanka
GUWAHATI, April 2 -- Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday accused the BJP-led Assam government of curbing freedom of expression by forcing women beneficiaries to attend party events, including rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under threat of losing scheme benefits.
Addressing her first election meeting at Nazira in Assam on Wednesday, she said the fight in the upcoming assembly election is to ensure an Assam where culture and freedom of expression prevail. "The Assam government is doling out several schemes, including cash transfers to accounts of women. But they are made to attend BJP's events, including PM Modi's rallies or the CM's programmes, and told that the benefits would end if they fail to do so," she s...
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