Rajasthan
Before the 2018 state elections in Rajasthan, then CM Vasundhra Raje had promised free wifi facilities to state universities. She had also promised to open 8 new Industrial Training Institutes in the state along with the distribution of free sanitary pads in all government schools. However, the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress party won the polls. The Congress party had pledged to make education in government schools, colleges and universities free for women from all categories.
Karnataka
During the 2018 election in Karnataka, free laptops were promised to first-year undergraduate students and to SC/ST students in government-aided law schools in the state. In addition, a free bus pass scheme was also rolled out for SC/ST. The then Congress-led government also offered free education to girls from class 1 to graduation to families with income less than 10 lakh. BS Yediyurappa-led BJP, on the other hand, promised that it would launch ‘Mukhya Mantri Laptop Yojane’ to give every