New Delhi, March 9 -- Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Sunday criticized the BJP-led central government over the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana, questioning the budgetary allocation for the scheme. He alleged that the government's financial provision for the initiative is inadequate and claimed that its implementation would be "extremely difficult."

Speaking to ANI, "According to our estimate, if this compensation is given to every woman above 18 years of age in Delhi, then it will cost more than Rs 20-22 thousand crores. But the BJP has kept a budget of about Rs 5000 crores for it, meaning they plan to give this honorarium to only one-fourth of the women. If the committee (on this scheme) has not set any criteria yet, then how was the budget...