“Akhilesh Yadav Has Promised Women Rs 40,000 A Year. Can Yogi Adityanath Answer It Without Writing The Same Cheque?”, Swarajya, June 23, 2026

“If there’s one consistent trend in Indian politics this decade, it is this. Election after election, the party that put cash in women’s hands has won: from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra, and from Jharkhand to Bihar.

By the time Uttar Pradesh will vote for a new Assembly in 2027, Akhilesh Yadav will have been out of power for a decade. In March 2026, he announced a cash handout scheme for women, the easiest perceived way to power.

If the Samajwadi Party (SP) returns to power, Yadav has said, poor women will receive Rs 40,000 a year, paid directly into their accounts, under a scheme he calls the Nari Samriddhi Samman Yojana…….”

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