Lucknow: In the much awaited poll manifesto for Uttar Pradesh, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has tried to counter the big announcements made by Samajwadi Party and Congress besides mentioning Love Jihad and schemes for backwards.
Apart from promising sops, rebates and freebies, BJP has tried to counter the poll promises made recently by congress and SP though big announcements. It has promised to make provision of 10 years rigorous imprisonment and penalty of Rs one lakh in cases of Love jihad. The party has tried to address backward communities by promises schemes for them. Continuing with its agenda of Hindutava BJP has promised to open Ramayan University in Ayodhya too. It has also promised to build memorial for Suheldeo Rajbahr in Behraich and 40 per cent subsidy to fishermen on purchase of boats up to Rs one lakh.
The union home minister Amit Shah, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and in charge of state BJP Anurag Thakur on Monday released the poll manifesto named Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra in Lucknow. In the manifesto, the party has promised free electricity for irrigation to farmers, two free gas cylinders in the year, scooter to meritorious girl students of colleges, two crore free smart phones & tablets, payment of cane arrears in 14 days and Rs 1500 monthly pension to destitute women and senior citizen.
The BJP’s manifesto reflects an attempt to counter the free electricity promise of SP and Aam Adami Party and various announcement made for women by congress. In reply to SP’s promise of running Samajwadi Canteens giving meal for Rs 10, the BJP has stated that it would run Annpurna Rasoi where people would get food at subsidized rates. Cornered by opposition over employment issue, BJP has promised at least one job in every family.
In the poll manifesto, BJP has promised to bring Rs 10 lakh crore investment proposals in coming five years. Besides, it has promised to open six mega food and health parks each and a leather park in Kanpur. The Party has said that it would start three modern data centres and six mega industrial parks for small and medium industries. In the poll manifesto BJP has promised five expressways in UP in the coming five years. These are Ganga expressway, Bundelkhand, Gorakhpur link, Kanpur-Lucknow and Balia link expressways. It has also promised to provide self-employment to 10 lakh youth through Start Up mission. If voted to power BJP would launch Rs 1000 crore dairy mission to increase mild production in the state.
Among the freebies, the BJP has promised free travel facility in government buses for women above 60 years, two gas cylinders under Ujjwala scheme on Holi and Diwali festivals every year. Free scooter to college going girl students.
Making big promises for farmers, BJP has said that it would start a CM Irrigation project at the cost of Rs 5000 crore and create a Bhamashah fund to ensure minimum support price to crops of potato, tomato and onion. The farmers would get cane dues in 14 days and if the sugar mills fail to do so, they might be asked to pay interest. BJP has also promised to open state universities in every division and double the number of medical seats.
