The Congress on Thursday announced its fifth poll promise of free travel to women in government buses.
"On the first day of Congress government coming to power in Karnataka, we will provide free travel to women in government buses," party leader Rahul Gandhi declared at a public rally in Mangaluru.
The Congress has already announced four "guarantees" - 200 units of free power to all households, Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family, 10 kg of rice free to all members of a BPL family, and Rs 3,000 every month for graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years, if the party is voted to power in the state. The four promises find a place in the "Guarantee Card" released by the party.
Rahul Gandhi declared that the five promises will be implemented in the first cabinet meeting and on the first day of coming to power.
"The BJP leaders are ridiculing our guarantee card as bogus. But, if these promises are implemented in Karnataka, will BJP implement them across the country?" Rahul sought to know from the prime minister.
He hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for saying that Congress would not fulfil its guarantees.
"Narendra Modi says Congress party would not fulfil its guarantees. We have given you (people) four guarantees and they will be implemented on the first day, in the first cabinet meeting. Modi ji, you said four guarantees will not be fulfilled, I'm adding more to it. We will not (just) fulfil four guarantees on the first day, but will fulfil five," Gandhi said.
Earlier, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar said the guarantee card was jointly signed by him and Siddaramaiah. "If promises in the guarantee card are not implemented on the first day of Congress coming to power, we will never come before you seeking votes," declared Shivakumar.
(With PTI inputs)