Priyanka Gandhi promises Congress will give smartphones<\/a>, e-scooters to girls if elected in UP\u00a0 and announced that if voted to power, her party would give smartphones to girls who pass Class XII and electronic scooters to those who are graduates.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Congress had declared it would give 40% tickets to women candidates<\/a> in the upcoming assembly elections due early next year. \u201cI had met some girl students who said they need smartphones for studies and security. I am happy that with the consent of the manifesto committee, the UP Congress today took a decision to give smartphones to the girls who pass Intermediate and electronic scooter to graduates,\u201d Priyanka tweeted. Priyanka also shared a video clip of schoolgirls whom she had spoken to on Wednesday.<\/p>\n One girl said that Priyanka asked them if they had phones to click selfies. \u201cWe told her that we don\u2019t have phones and that they are not allowed in our colleges. She promised to announce that girls would get phones and we said that would help in our safety also,\u201d said a girl. \u201cShe told us to study hard. We want her to continue meeting and interacting with us,\u201d said another student.<\/p>\n Some of the campaign promises of the Congress to Uttar Pradesh are:<\/p>\n 40% tickets to women Later, UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu said successive governments made tall claims of providing a safe and conducive environment to women, but all of them fell flat.<\/p>\n \u201cIndia ranks 148th among 188 countries when it comes to political participation of women with just 12% women representatives in the Lok Sabha and 19% in UP Vidhan Sabha.<\/p>\n Ensuring that women get educated is the first step towards actual participation of women in all walks of life,\u201d he said. Congress spokesperson Shuchi Vishvas Srivastava said, \u201cOur party not only believes in women empowerment, but it also works to make it happen. Education empowers women and this will ensure girls do not drop out after senior secondary.\u201d Congress is not the first party to promise smartphones.<\/p>\n On October 6, the ruling BJP proclaimed a smartphone distribution scheme. In an official statement, the state government said it will give smartphones to students for free so that they can continue their studies even from home. Earlier, Samajwadi Party had given laptops to students in its regime and had promised to give smartphones in its manifesto for the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections.<\/p>\n During Priyanka Gandhi’s campaigning in Uttar Pradesh, there is a strong emotional wave for her in the State.<\/p>\n 7 promises of @INCIndia<\/a> for Uttar Pradesh:<\/p>\n \u25aa\ufe0f40% tickets to women — Elizabeth (@Elizatweetz) October 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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