Schemes not 'freebies', but part of social security: CM on Rajasthan Budget

"We made a promise to our people, we are just delivering on that promise. Social security is their right," he said

In his government’s last Budget before the Assembly polls this year-end, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday reached out to all sections of the population to brighten his party's chances to break the three-decade tradition of not re-electing a state government.

Though the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called the Budget a reflection of bad economics, which will take the total debt of the state to over Rs 6 trillion, the CM called it a move to guarantee social security.

While talking to Business Standard about the Rajasthan Budget, Gehlot said all the schemes announced are part of social security,