Madhya Pradesh Congress on Saturday had detailed discussions over election manifesto, here at the party headquarters in the presence of AICC general secretary and in-charge of Madhya Pradesh affairs.
The points of discussions among State Congress leaders, were to provide relief in VAT charged for diesel, petrol and lPG and distribute tablet computers to the students besides unemployment allowance, if Congress comes to power.
Party sources said that it was discussed to provide free of cost food-grains to the BPl families and with nominal cost to the APl families.
All these populist promises could be included in the manifesto of the Congress for the Assembly elections scheduled later in the year. After having discussed several issues with the local leaders, Hariprasad will apprise the high command and if all goes well, the Congress manifesto would have many such promises in it.
The top State leaders have been shouldered with the responsibility to formulate schemes to counter the popular schemes of theBJP Government in the State, so that these schemes could be included in the manifesto. The manifesto would be designed ins such a way that besides luring all section of society it could have special attention towards party’s traditional vote bank.
All the leaders of the state are learnt to have agreed on the promise to be made for free ration and they have informed about their consent on this issue to Hariprasad. The party general secretary in-charge after discussing this with the central leadership and high command would provide green signal to include it in the manifesto. The leaders are also of the view that promise be made to reduce VAT on diesel, petrol and domestic gas, providing free school uniforms, books and bicycle besides tablet computers to the students.
Party sources said that tablet computers are considered because the craze of laptop has been overtaken by tablet computers among the youth, so in order to attract new voters this promise may find place in the party manifesto.