After the farm loan waiver emerged as the main electoral plank of the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the party has promised the same in Rajasthan. From youth to farmers, the party on Thursday promised to take care of each section of the society including women in its manifesto released for the Rajasthan Assembly elections.

The party in an effort to wrest power from Vasundhara Raje has promised to waive off farm loans, give pension to farmers and exclude farming equipment from GST. Further employments opportunities for the youth and those who want to start their own business will be given loans. Youth without jobs will get a monthly allowance of Rs 3,500.

Highlighting the promises made in the manifesto, Rajasthan Congress President Sachin Pilot said the government will waive farmers’ loan, provide free education to girls and women and give up to Rs 3,500 monthly allowance to educated unemployed youths. The ruling BJP too promised a monthly allowance of up to Rs 5,000 in its manifesto released on Tuesday.

AICC general secretary Avinash Pande, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and manifesto committee chairman Harish Choudhary released the document titled  ‘Jan Ghoshna Patra’ ahead of the December 7 election.

Pilot said the Congress reached out to people in various ways, including on social media, and received nearly two lakh suggestions for the manifesto. He said the party aims to implement the manifesto in a time-bound manner on formation of a Congress government in Rajasthan, which has 200 Assembly seats.

Gehlot said the party’s manifesto was based on “Rahul model” as people’s suggestions were taken before drafting it. He claimed the BJP Government has closed universities set up by the Congress government and promised that they will be reopened.

In the manifesto, the Congress said it would like to have agriculture equipment and tractor exempted from the Goods and Services Tax. It said recommendation to bring petrol and diesel under the GST will be made to the GST Council.

The opposition party promised to promote organic farming, give pension to elderly farmers, develop dairy industry, give push to fisheries, provide internet facility in every panchayat, link villages with eastern Rajasthan canal project.

It promised to ensure quality health services to citizens, availability of wheat to BPL families at Rs 1 per kg, easy monetary loans to the youth and no fare in State-run buses for candidates travelling to appear in competitive exams.

It said it will expedite work on rail connectivity in Dungarpur, Banswara and Tonk districts if it comes to power in the state. To push industrial growth, the party said, companies working in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, nano technology and quantum computing will be promoted.

It has promised new industry and tourism policies, promotion of local art, culture and heritage; a 24X7 women helpline, an ITI and poly-technic college for women in every district, increase in pension amount for the elderly, a journalists’ protection act, an advocates’ protection act and steps for security of religious places.

It has also promised to run desert area development programmes, make efforts include Rajasthani language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution and set up a separate body for welfare of people who migrated to India from Pakistan.