Attending a State-level consultation for sharing of People’s Manifesto-2014 organised by the Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA) here on Sunday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) members demanded that the Central Government establish a Youth Commission in the country.
NCP member Srikant Samantray said the party would draft a manifesto for setting up of the commission in India. He also said his party would focus on the subjects of human resources development, social security and other issues in the coming General Elections.
leaders of other parties, including CPI(Ml)’s Mahendra Parida and Aam Aadmi Party’s Rabi Das attended the People’s Manifesto programme. They discussed about women and child development, education, health, agriculture, welfare of SC, ST, OBC and minorities, rural development, social security and inclusion, water and sanitation facility, urban development, eradication of poverty and other issues.
The WNTA has initiated the process of preparing a ‘people’s manifesto’ for the lok Sabha election 2014. Panchayat, block and district-level meetings have been organised in 12 lok Sabha constituencies in 21 districts in the State to prepare the manifesto.