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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released the BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Known as ‘Sankalp Patra’, the manifesto titled ‘Modi’s Guarantee 2024’ emphasizes the empowerment of women, youth, and the impoverished.
GYAN, or schemes for the “Gareeb” (poor), “Yuva” (youth), “Annadaata” (farmers), and “Nari” (women), is the focus of the manifesto. Among other things, it emphasizes developing India’s foreign ties, making the nation wealthy, and encouraging the preservation of its cultural legacy.
Speaking after the unveiling of the manifesto, PM Modi said that the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ empowers “all the four strong pillars of developed India – youth, women, poor and farmers”.
HERE ARE KEY PROMISES IN BJP POLL MANIFESTO:
1. Elder citizens (aged above 70) and the transgender community will be brought under the ambit of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
2. Free ration will be continued for the next five years under PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
3. The BJP manifesto also pledges to build 3 crore houses, and work towards cheap pipeline gas availability for all households. It also promises free electricity to poor households under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
4. The ‘Sankalp Patra’ promises to enforce the Uniform Civil Code and One Nation One Election.
6. Specially abled people will now be given priority in the PM Housing Scheme, and special efforts will be made to ensure they get housing as per their special needs.
7. Existing healthcare services aimed at the prevention and reduction of breast cancer, cervical cancer, anaemia, and osteoporosis, will be expanded, with focus on omitting cervical cancer.
8. Implementation of strict law to stop misconduct in recruitment examinations in the country.
9. The BJP manifesto promises to keep increasing the MSP of crops “from time to time”. It also pledges to launch a Krishi Infrastructure Mission for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of agri-infrastructure projects as well as an indigenous Bharat Krishi satellite for farm-related activities.
10. Guarantee to make India the third-biggest economic power in the world. Currently, the country is the fifth largest economy.
11. Promised that the party’s government will launch three new bullet train projects. He said the government will also divide the Vande Bharat trains into three wider categories. “BJP will expand Vande Bharat trains to every corner of the country. Three models of Vande Bharat will run in the country – Vande Bharat Sleeper, Vande Bharata Chair Car and Vande Bharat Metro,” He said three bullet train projects will be launched soon.
