On the eve of elections in Andhra Pradesh in 2019, Chandrababu Naidu introduced the Pasupu Kumkuma scheme according to which members of women’s self-help groups were provided with a financial aid of Rs 10000 in three instalments.
The government allotted Rs 10,000 crore approximately for this programme which was expected to garner huge votes for the TDP. But the ploy failed miserably and the people and women gave a huge mandate to the YSRCP.
KCR, Chandrababu’s bete noire apparently did not learn any lesson from this and opted for a similar strategy in Telangana.
In Huzurabad, there is a large section of Dalit votes and KCR therefore introduced Dalit Bandhu with Huzurabad being chosen for the pilot. Unfortunately, this gimmick failed in Telangana too.
Moral of the story? People are not fools to fall for politicians' biscuits. They decide whom to vote for and nothing can change their mind.