The State BJP on Wednesday pushed for implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Jharkhand saying illegal Bangladeshi migrants are eating away the benefits of the local Muslim residents of State.
The BJP — which released its election manifesto christened as vision document — has the mention of implementation of NRC in State so as to check intruders in State, raising the pitch on a simmering political issue ahead of Assembly elections.
The 64-page manifesto with punch line Jharkhand Ki Samridhi Ka Sankalp on first page and having the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Raghubar Das, was released at a function held at city-based hotel in presence of Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda, State BJP election in-charge Om Prakash Mathur, State president Laxman Gilua, and State BJP co in-charge Ram Vihar Netam.
Prasad said, “The BJP manifesto is ubiquitous and omnipresent as interest of all sections has been taken care of. Special care and attention has been made to promote sports activities especially among tribal society.”
He also exuded confidence that the BJP will attain its target of mission 65 plus in Jharkhand, claiming that in Maharashtra too the BJP along with the Shiv Sena had attained majority, but Sena due to its stubborn attitude parted ways from the national party.
The draft committee headed by Palamu MP VD Ram and members, including Ayodhya Nath Mishra, former State BJP president Ravindra Rai, bureaucrat-turn-politician JB Tubid, among others were too present on the occasion.
The draft committee for preparing the manifesto has also collected feedback from people, journalists and persons from different fields in preparing the manifesto.
In the column ‘Self ruled, Safe State’ the manifesto talks about implementing NRC in State at the same time making Jharkhand free from Left Wing Extremism (LWE) menace.
Chief Minister Raghubar Das, “Barring few incidents, which include the recent LWE attack on police patrolling van in Latehar, the State has not witnessed any major LWE incidents. We are committed to make Jharkhand free from LWE menace and will work in this direction.”
The manifesto has been divided into 12 heads, which include agriculture and farmers’ development, tribal development, industrial development, infrastructure development, improvement in health and education among others.
In the column, Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas, the BJP manifesto talks about providing medical insurance to lawyers, journalists and senior citizens
under PM Ayushman Yojana among others. Moreover, the manifesto talks about increasing the reservation to Other Backward Caste (OBC) within six months on the basis of a survey report.
However, JMM and BJP alliance partner AJSU party has promised to increase the reservation upto 73 per cent for ST, SC and OBC.
The BJP manifesto also mentions about providing scholarship of Rs 2,200 and 7,500 to pre-matric and post graduate students. The BJP to woo half the population (female) has promised to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in State Government services along with providing jobs or self employment opportunities to one person from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.
The manifesto also talk about having a policy of zero corruption in governance, strengthening PDS, construction of agro industrial corridor passing through Ranchi–Gola- Dumka, construction of Sahibganj-Baharagora corridor as part of Bharat Mala project, setting up industrial unit in mineral rich Palamu region among others.