Election freebies back in action

The Shiv Sena on Thursday promised to provide tablets with micro data card free of cost to students in rural and urban areas of Maharashtra if they come to power in October. 

The tabs would be given to all students studying in 8th to 10th standard under the State syllabus. The course content would be loaded on the tabs with the help of a microchip.

Sena promises tablets to students

Leader of AIADMK Jayalalitha promised free laptops to all class XI and class XI students, and college students, besides four free sets of uniforms and a pair of shoes for schoolchildren. 

The 'Free Laptop' scheme was launched with fanfare in September 2011, to coincide with the birth anniversary of Dravidian stalwart C. N. Annadurai.

From Dell to Lenovo, students started sporting trendy laptops, distributed free by the Jayalalithaa government. Once you switch it on, the first to appear on the screen is the picture of the reigning diva of Tamil Nadu.

Students started sporting laptops of brands like Dell and Lenovo which were distributed by the Jayalalithaa government. On switching on the laptop the first thing that appear is the picture of the reigning diva of Tamil Nadu.

The 'Free Laptop' scheme by Jayalalitha

Samajwadi Party manifesto had promised free laptops and tablets to students passing class X and XII, pre-designed with course material for ready reference

A student who got a free laptop under the program organized by Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh state said that not many can afford a computer and that such gestures are good.

Freebies for votes

BJP in Chhattisgarh had promised all first year students free tablets and students studying in medical, engineering and other colleges free laptops. The scheme was part of another plan that was launched by the party where students of final year were given laptops and the results were enthusiastic.

Food grains at cheaper rates were also announced for the poor. The party promised rice at 1 rupee per Kg.

Free tablets and laptops for students

Arvind Kejriwal, the man with the magic wand had cut electricity bills in half for poorer households.

Moving swiftly to keep its poll promise of providing free water to every household in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had announced 20 kilolitres of free water every month — it works out to 667 litres a day — to households with valid water connections and functional meters installed by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). 

Election freebies back in action

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