The Congress election manifesto which was released by its party president Rahul Gandhi on Friday at coastal town of Mangaluru speaks about restoring powers of the lokayukta to take suo moto cases and ensure zero tolerance to corruption.
The document says the if the party comes back to power promises to expedite Cauvery fifth phase to augment drinking water to six parched areas which include Bengaluru.
The manifesto promises IT city Bengaluru that there will be a start up subsidy of rupees 1 crore a company can start the production without any hindrance. It has a very optimistic encouragement for the sportspersons from Karnataka who will win a medal in Olympics will be given a cash prize of rupees 1 crore. It promises college going students between 18 and 23 a smart phone each.
The document also says every child has been promised guaranteed 12 years of school education free. For the farmers it promises to constitute a statutory commission to ensure basic livelihood which include agricultural labourers. Karnataka has witnessed one of the highest farmers suicides due to agrarian crisis.
The manifesto provides an Agricultural corridor covering production infrastructure and industrial segments on end to end concepts.
The manifesto, a well written and researched document lures all segments of Karnataka.