Rahul Gandhi about JSY: Poor women in UP could not get its benefits

Attacking Mayawati for ignoring the plight of the poor women, Congress (I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that her government stooped low to steal money of Janani Sauraksha Yojana (JSY) program meant for the welfare of the women. She made money at the cost of the health of the poor women, said Rahul Gandhi while speaking at a Congress rally in Uttar Pradesh. JSY being one of the welfare programs under the NRHM bouquet encourages pregnant poor women for institutional delivery to reduce child mortality and safe delivery informed the Congress MP. Each pregnant women going for institutional delivery is given monetary incentive of Rs 1400 and ASHA worker assisting in this work are paid around Rs 2,000 per case basis added the Congress leader. But the money did not reach the targeted poor women, said Rahul Gandhi. Instead it was swindled in connivance with Mayawati’s ministers, alleged the Congress General Secretary. Rahul Gandhi also said that poor women for whom the money was meant were deprived of their rights. “For instance number of cases has been detected where in the name of same woman time and again the amount has been claimed for having delivered a child every few months” argued Rahul Gandhi. Repeating that Mayawati is really not interested in the welfare of the poor women, Rahul Gandhi requested the people to help Congress to form government and promised  that a Congress government would work for the welfare of the poor and ensure that benefits of the welfare schemes reach them.

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