The MLA and MP candidates of Congress organised a Press meet to inform about party's manifesto ‘Nyay Patra'.
All the Congress MLA candidates of five Assembly constituencies and the MP candidate for Kendrapada, Siddharth Swarup Das along with DCC president Lokanath Maharathy, were present.
They said that the Congress would conduct a nationwide socio-economic and caste census if it comes to power in 2024. Among its guarantees also include a constitutional amendment to raise the 50% cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs.
The Nyaya Patra also promises to fill nearly 30 lakh vacancies in sanctioned posts at various levels in the Central Government. Rajasthan model of cashless insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh will be adopted for universal healthcare. Ten per cent quota in jobs, educational institutions for EWS will be implemented for all castes, communities without discrimination, the manifesto promises.
It also guarantees new Right to Apprenticeship Act to provide one year apprenticeship to every diploma holder or graduate below age of 25. The Congress will launch urban employment programme guaranteeing work for urban poor in reconstruction, renewal of urban infrastructure, informed Spira Malllick, Congress candidate of Kendrapada Assembly seat.
The party leaders said the Congress will reserve one-half (50 per cent) of Central Government jobs for women starting 2025. Allegations against persons who were allowed to escape law after joining BJP will be probed, promises the party's poll document.
It also promises abolishing the contractual mode of appointment and initiate recruitment on regular mode. Under the Mahalakshmi scheme, the Congress Government will provide Rs 1 lakh per year to every poor Indian family, stated Siddharth Swarup Das, Congress candidate for Kendrapada Parliamentary seat.
The Nyaya Patra guarantees to fix a national minimum wage at Rs 400 per day. The Congress Government will provide a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 3,000 for paddy, Rs 2,000 per month to every woman, Rs 3,000 to every unemployed youth, 200 units free electricity, and gas cylinder at Rs 500 to the consumers.
The Congress will replace the GST laws enacted by the BJP/NDA Government with GST 2.0. The new GST regime will be based on the universally acceptable principle that GST shall be a single, moderate rate (with a few exceptions) that will not burden the poor. The Congress will eliminate “Angel tax” and all other exploitative tax schemes that inhibit investment in new micro, small companies and innovative start-ups, said the the Congress leaders.
