Free Bus Travel For Women A Revolution, Not A Freebie: Stalin

Chennai, Aug 12: Dismissing the argument that free bus travel for women as a freebie, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin today asserted that it was an economic revolution that helped them save
their hard earned precious income.

Addressing the third meeting of the State Planning Commission, Stalin said the free bus travel for women launched by him should not be narrowly categorised as “freebies”.

It is an “economic revolution”, which helped their families save between Rs 8 and 12 of their income and was a feature of the Dravidian Model of governance, he asserted. He said more than 80% of the beneficiaries of the free bus travel for women were from the Backward Classes and Adi Dravidar
communities.

“So, this scheme should benefit more poor and the downtrodden. The extent to which the scheme has benefitted their livelihood has to be further identified,” Stalin said.

With UNI Inputs….