LIVE: BJP releases manifesto; KISAN scheme to be extended to all farmers
SRINAGAR: BJP manifesto today: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ in presence of the party’s top brass. During the release of the BJP manifesto, BJP chief Amit Shah said the BJP provided power, cooking gas for the poor, and that India saw an unprecedented development under PM Narendra Modi. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ was a “vision document” that listed the expectations of 130 crore Indians.
1.20pm: BJP manifesto on inclusive growth: “We will expand the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan scheme to cover all small shopkeepers. We are committed to bringing down the percentage of families living below the poverty line to a single digit in the next five years.”
1.19pm: BJP manifesto women empowerment: “We will increase the coverage of Ayushman Bharat to include all Anganwadi workers and ASHA workers to ensure improved health and social support system. BJP is committed to 33% reservation in parliament & state assemblies through a constitutional amendment.”
1.18pm: BJP Manifesto on Education: “We will encourage academic institutions towards excellence and motivate more such institutions to rank among the top 500 institutions of the world. To cater to the demands of more schools like KVs, we aim to open another 200 such schools by 2024.”
1.16pm: BJP manifesto on the Indian economy: “We will create new opportunities of employment by providing more support to the 22 major ‘Champion Sectors’ identified as the main drivers of Indian economy. We will launch a new scheme to provide collateral-free credit up to ?50 lakh for entrepreneurs.”
1.14pm: BJP banifesto for the health sector.
- 1.5 lakh telemedicine and diagnostic labs in health and wellness centres
- A medical college or a masters medical college in every district
- Full immunisation for all children and pregnant women by 2022
1.13pm: “We will complete the Phase-1 of Bharatmala Project expeditiously and launch Bharatmala 2.0 to support the states to develop state road network,” says PM Modi.
1.11pm: “We aspire to make India the third largest economy of the world by 2030. This implies that we commit to make India a US $5 trillion economy by 2025 and US $10 trillion economy by 2032,” says PM Modi.
1.09pm: “In 2047, our nation would complete a hundred years of freedom. Let us together imagine what is the kind of India that we want by 2047. The BJP pledges to make the next have years as the foundation laying period for India of 2047. Let us together lay the foundations of this vision now, and work earnestly towards translating this vision into a golden reality,” says PM Modi.
1.07pm: “Rashtravaad hamari prerna hai, antoydaya hamara darshan hai aur sushasan hamara mantra hai. Desh neeti chalane ke liye hume multi dimensional level par kaam karne ki zarurat hoti hai aur humne use sankap patra mein shaamil kiya hai,” says PM Modi.
1.04pm: To develop the country, development needs to create a mass movement and its successful use is ‘Swachhta’. “Today, cleanliness has become a mass movement,” says PM Modi.
