Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released its poll manifesto for Haryana Assembly elections and showered poll sops for every section of society with promises of laptops to brilliant students of Matric and +2, free travel facility to senior citizens to religious places, Rs2,000 old-age pension, one kg grain at Rs1 to BPl families, Health cards for the farmers and uninterrupted 24 hours water and electricity supply to every household across the State.
BJP’s national vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi released the poll manifesto in the presence of general secretary and in-charge of Haryana BJP affairs Jagdish Mukhi, state BJP president Ram Bilas Sharma, former spokesperson Capt Abhimanyu and national president of BJP’s Kisan Morcha OP Dhankhar.
State BJP president Ram Bilas Sharma, who read out the poll manifesto, assured something for everyone, hoping to come to power for the first time.
All the villages and towns would be connected with broadband and wi-fi system, besides providing basic and modern facilities of education, health, residence, and employment in existing blocks, head quarters or mandi townships to make them ‘Smart Townships’ in the State, added Sharma.
For farmers, Sharma said the Krishi Rahat Pradhikaran (Agriculture Relief Authority) would be set up regarding compensation for draught, hail storm or other natural calamity, besides we would provide ‘health cards’ to farmers along with pucca roads for their fields. “We will also speed up the efforts to bring water in Hansi-Bhutana river and solve the SYl issue,” said Sharma.
The manifesto said BJP would bring an Act to stop Cow slaughter in the state if voted to power. “The slaughter of cow would be considered equal to murder of a person; hence the guilty would be tackled with same sections or IPC for this crime. Besides we would set up an international level research institute for the growth and development of cows in the state”, said Ganeshi lal, chairman of manifesto committee.
With the promise of alert, responsible and transparent administration besides equal, collective, broad and modern all around development Sharma said we would convert labour power in to labour culture and eradicate the corruption besides giving best of the best in governance.
State liquor Policy would be reviewed for the public health, besides free traveling facility for religious places for senior citizens and one of their attendant. Two medical institutes would be set up on AIIMS pattern in Haryana, besides establishing two international level universities across the state.
Party has also decided to conduct ‘Haryana Sports league’ on IPl pattern to promote traditional sports of Haryana, here.
loans to Small shopkeepers on low rates of interest, control over illegal mining, Rs6,000 and Rs9,000 honorariums to 12th and graduate pass unemployed youths respectively for working 100 hours in a month have also been included in the agenda.
BJP has also decided to give Rs500 more to old age and widows as pension than the congress’ announcement of Rs1500 only. To allure BPl families, it announced to give One Kg grain at Rs1 only to BPl families besides pucca houses to all house hold in this category. For business class, it has promised to set up Business Promotion Board.
For girls’ security BJP announced free travel for girl students of colleges with security guards in the Haryana Roadways buses. Round the clock supply of electricity and water to every house hold in this state would be our priority, said Sharma.
The manifesto said, BJP’s focus areas will be agriculture, rural development, industry, education, service sector, welfare of youth and women, welfare of Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes, said the 16-page manifesto.
Seeking a clear mandate, the punchline of the manifesto is “BJP ke saath chaliye, Narendra Modi ke saath chaliye”. (Come with BJP, come with Narendra Modi).