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Rs 50,000 aid for women before UP polls? Yogi govt weighs major scheme as Akhilesh attacks BJP

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its reported promise to provide Rs 20,000 to women in the state, calling it another jumla aimed at winning elections.In a post on X, Yadav alleged that the BJP has been left with nothing but money to seek votes and claimed that the money being offered to women comes from what he described as the party's ill-gotten earnings.He said religious and aware women of Uttar Pradesh would not accept such money and questioned the saffron party over its promises of financial assistance to women in other states.