Hyderabad, March 7 -- Wondering what happened to Congress' 2023 election manifesto promise of giving 1 tola (10 gm) gold and Rs 2,500 per month financial assistance to all the poor women in the state, Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president N Ramchander Rao questioned the Congress' "Praja Palana" (people's governance) claim.

Rao made the remarks on Friday, March 6, while speaking at a meeting organised by the BJP's Mahila Morcha in Hyderabad commemorating International Women's Day.

He claimed that women across the country in BJP-ruled states were socio-economically and educationally prospering, but in Telangana, the crimes against women and the corresponding cases in the courts of law have been on the rise.

Crediting the women...