Chandigarh, March 12 -- The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government told the state assembly on Tuesday that its much-touted election promise of providing Rs.2,100 per month to women is still "under consideration", evoking a sharp reaction from the Congress, which demanded a clear and definite response to the fate of Lado Lakshmi Yojana.

"The matter is under consideration," said Krishan Kumar Bedi, minister of social justice, empowerment, welfare of SCs and BCs and Antyodaya (SEWA) department.

Bedi was replying during the Question Hour to a query of Congress' Mullana assembly segment MLA Pooja, who wanted to know the time by which the state government will start disbursing Rs.2,100 per month to the women of the state.

The minister's vague ...