Assembly Elections LIVE Updates: The Bharatiya Janata Party today released its manifesto for Telangana assembly elections. Polls are scheduled in the state on December 7.
Earlier in the day, Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the PM has broken every promise, even the assurance of being an “honest PM”.
Meanwhile, the Rajasthan unit of the party promised to provide jobs to youth, free education to women and right to health in its Rajasthan manifesto. The party also said that it would provide pension to farmers and bring agricultural equipment out of the purview of GST.
Releasing the manifesto, state Congress president Sachin Pilot said that Rajasthan manifesto was prepared after getting opinion through multiple platforms like social media. The party received around two lakh suggestions. Congress president Rahul Gandhi has already promised a loan waiver to the farmers within 10 days of coming to power in the state.
PCC president Sachin Pilot, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, chairman of the manifesto committee Harish Chaudhary and other senior leaders of the party will release the manifesto, a party spokesperson said. Two days ago, the BJP released its manifesto for Rajasthan polls, saying it had met 95% of the promises it had made in 2013.
The BJP rolled out its Rajasthan poll manifesto on Tuesday, promising 30,000 new government jobs every year, 50 lakh employment opportunities over the next five years in the private sector and an allowance for the educated jobless.
It also held out a possibility to farmers of doubling their income, helped by a new Rs 250-crore fund to encourage rural start-ups. The manifesto for the December 7 assembly polls said illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Rohingya Muslims would be identified and expelled, and Hindus who had to leave Pakistan offered citizenship.
The manifesto unveiled here by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his cabinet colleagues Prakash Javadekar and Arjun Ram Meghwal. The document, called ‘Rajasthan Gaurav Sankalp’, also mentioned efforts to check cow smuggling in the state.
Raje said the Eastern Rajasthan Canal project, which addresses the irrigation and drinking water problem in 13 districts of eastern Rajasthan, will be taken up on priority. The Bharatiya Janata Party promised expansion of cooperative loans for the agriculture sector, saying loans worth Rs 1 lakh crore will be disbursed in the next five years.
If the Raje government returns to power, there will be farmers’ visits to Israel and other countries to study best practices. It will pick a district in each division to focus on organic farming. Farming of medicinal plants will also be encouraged. Creation of jobs is a big part of the manifesto.
Raje promised the enactment of an employment guarantee scheme on the lines of the Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for urban areas. Apart from creating 30,000 government jobs every year, the manifesto assured 50 lakh job opportunities over five years in the private sector, including through self-employment.
Educated unemployed youths above 21 will be given an unemployment allowance of up to Rs 5,000 a month, the manifesto said. It also carried promises for the tribals and Dalits. A Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar pilgrimage fund will be established, Ambedkar Peeth in Jaipur declared a national-level tourist site, Dr Ambedkar chairs set up at government universities and e-libraries introduced in Ambedkar community halls.
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