Maharashtra Congress Seeks Central Aid For Poor During Online Agitation

Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Thursday led the party's online agitation in the state seeking monetary help from the centre for the economically weak in line with the Nyay income scheme earlier proposed by party leader Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress agitation, christened SpeakUpIndia, tapped popular social media platforms to convey its message amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

State Congress leaders took to social media, like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to ask the Narendra Modi government to provide an initial amount of Rs 10,000 to the poor and then Rs 7,500 per month for the next six months in view of the income disruption caused by the lockdown.