mangaluru rahul gandhi on thursday announced congress fifth big preelection promise free travel for all women in public transport if the party is voted to the helmat a campaign meeting in adyar mangaluru rahul said not just the four previous promises but we will fulfil all five promises on the first day we form the government this fifth promise is for women bjp stole 40 commission from women of karnataka and our job is to return it to them after we win this election women in karnataka need not pay even a single rupee to travel in government buses he said congress zeroed in on these promises after extensive interactions with people especially women farmers and the working class to know what should be done for themcongress previously announced four guarantees griha lakshmi financial assistance to women head of families griha jyoti free electricity anna bhagya 10kg of rice and yuva nidhi scheme stipend for unemployed youththere is no dearth of funds in karnataka butonly an honest government can implement these schemes rahul said this guarantee free travel for women will be fulfilled at the first cabinet meeting on the first day of the next government the prime minister has made it a habit not to fulfil promises he makes we have fulfilled promises made in himachal pradesh chhattisgarh and punjab he challenged the pm to extend congress guarantees to the entire nation congress will form the government in karnataka with 150 seats no one can prevent this the bjp is a 40 party and 40 seats is suitable for them he saidhe said 40 crore people have fallen below poverty line while 1 own 40 of the nations investment corruption is the religion of bjp he said referring to balehosur mutt seer dingaleshwara swamijis statements that officials of the karnataka government demand 30 commission from mutts to release fundsi have a close bond with mangaluru the port here was set up during indira gandhis tenure as prime minister mangaluru international airport and mrpl were congress partys contributions he said