With just a fortnight remaining for the Lok Sabha Polls, India's Congress released its manifesto with a promise to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood at the party headquarters in New Delhi yesterday, according to the Indian Express.
The manifesto, titled ‘Nyay Patra’ was released in the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and P Chidambaram. It focused on five “pillars of justice” (Yuva Nyay, Naari Nyay, Kisaan Nyay, Shramik Nyay and Hissedari Nyay) with 25 guarantees under them. Right to apprenticeship, a legal guarantee for MSP, and passing a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 percent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs are among the promises made by the Congress in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.
Appealing to people to look beyond religion, language, caste and choose wisely to install a democratic government, the party said the general elections present an opportunity to radically the change style of governance that has been in evidence over the past decade.
Here are some of the key promises made in the manifesto: A nationwide socio-economic and caste census, A constitutional amendment to raise 50 percent cap on reservations for SC, ST and OBC communities, Ten percent quota in jobs, educational institutions for EWS will be implemented for all castes, communities, Passing the ‘Right to Apprenticeship Act’ to provide one-year apprenticeship to every diploma holder or graduate b elow age of 25, Legal guarantee to Minimum Support Prices (MSP), Immediately restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, Scrapping the the Agnipath Scheme, The Rajasthan model of cashless insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh will be adopted for universal healthcare, National minimum wage will be Rs 400 per day, Launch of the Mahalakshmi scheme to provide Rs 1 lakh per year to every poor Indian family, Scrapping contractualisation of regular jobs in govt, PSUs and ensure regularisation of such appointments, Filling nearly 30 lakh vacancies in sanctioned posts at various levels in the central government.
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