AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi
GUWAHATI: The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), which is backed by the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu), on Monday announced that if it comes to power in the state in 2021, it would disburse stipends of Rs 5,000 per month to all the people who have formal education but have failed to get a job.
Moreover, the AJP said it would also give Rs 10,000 per month to all jobless, educated people who are skilled workers or belong to the economically backward categories or are specially abled.
“We will pay these stipends if we came to power next year. The allowance of Rs 830 per month that this government pays to 22 lakh needy families under the Orunodoi Scheme is insufficient. The allowance should have been something between Rs 5,000 and Rs 8,300,” AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said.