BJP releases manifesto - 2019 Elections

BJP releases manifesto – 2019 Elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the BJP’s election manifesto in the presence of the party’s top brass.

“Our ‘Sankalp Patra’ is a vision document that lists expectations of 130 crore Indians,” Rajnath Singh, who is head of the BJP’s manifesto committee, said.

“With all our promises made in this manifesto, we are taking a step towards building a ’New India. We are going forward with 75 resolutions that we can fulfill by the year 2022 when India completes 75 years of independence. We had a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism, it will continue till terror is not eliminated completely,” he said.

Ram Mandir: “As far as Ram Mandir is concerned, we reiterate the promise made in the last elections. We will weigh all our options and we will see that the Ram Mandir is built as soon as possible in a harmonious environment.”

Farmers’ welfare: "We will give Rs 6000 yearly income support to all farmers, under Kisan Samman Nidhi. We will provide short-term new agriculture loans up to Rs. 1 lakh at a 0% interest rate for 1-5 years on the condition of prompt repayment of the principal amount.

Article 370: We reiterate our position since the time of the Jan Sangh to the abrogation of Article 370.We are committed to annulling Article 35A of the Constitution of India as the provision is discriminatory against non-permanent residents and women of Jammu and Kashmir.

Education: Will increase seats in excellent engineering colleges and management institutes as well as in law colleges.

Infrastructure: Power in every village, power for all. Will double our national highways.

Citizenship Amendment Bill: "We will bring back the Citizenship Amendment Bill but we will also protect the cultural and ethnic identity of every state.