Rahul Gandhi's promise to 'erase poverty in one go' with this scheme

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that if the party is victorious in the upcoming general elections, it would ensure that “poverty is erased in one fell swoop”. He promised that the Congress government would ensure that women belonging to poor households would get Rs 1 lakh per year in their accounts. 

“The Congress Government will transfer Rs 1 lakh (in a year) to the bank account of one woman of every poor household in the country... If you are below the poverty line then every year, Rs 1 lakh (Rs 8,500 per month) khatakhat khatakhat aata rahega aur ek jhatke se hum Hindustan se gareebi ko mita denge. (The money will keep coming to your accounts and poverty will be erased in one fell swoop)," Rahul Gandhi said at a rally in Anupgarh, Rajasthan.