Congress promises free cellphones to students

Move leaves parents worried over misuse

Congress had issued 5 guarantees last year

With its promise of five guarantees, the Congress party snatched power from the BJP in the last year’s Assembly elections, plundering 136 seats.

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Now, with Lok Sabha elections just a few weeks away, it has tried duplicating such promises. The grand old party has promised that it would gift cellphones to students studying from std 9 to 12 so that they can use the phones to study better and perform better in the exams.

It has also promised that it would take steps to provide free Wi-Fi in all colleges. 

Party faces opposition

While the party hopes that it can cash in on such promises, it has only drawn flak from many parents as they feel handing over cellphones to students of the said age would only be antithetical to its purported use. They complain that students of the said ages may be tempted to use the phones for purposes not intended.

Lok Sabha elections 2024

India will vote for a new government in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1 and the results will be declared on June 4.

The BJP, lead by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is hoping that it will register a hattrick of victories.