Congress councillor Mamta Ashu tweets against leaders offering freebies for women

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 5

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has promised Rs 2,000 per month and eight LPG gas cylinders free of cost for women homemakers if the Congress comes to power in the state. Earlier, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal had promised Rs 1,000 per month to all women above 18 years of age.

Now, Congress councillor Mamta Ashu, wife of Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, has opened a front against political leaders for making such announcements for women. On Tuesday, she tweeted and asked political leaders that “Please hamaari boli na lagayein” (Please do not place a bid on us).

While tagging AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders, including Navjot Singh Sidhu and party state in-charge Harish Chaudhary, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others on Twitter, Mamta asked leaders of all political parties to provide equality and safety to women instead of offering money to them.

In her tweet, she wrote: “Please stop taking Punjabi women on a ride by offering money etc. We feel proud in our womenhood and if anyone wants to provide us something, provide us equality, safety and self-respect.”

Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu had opened a front against state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu recently.

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