BJP manifesto for Haryana promises two lakh government jobs, ₹2,100 to women

The Union Health Minister said the BJP government would continue to procure 24 crops on the Minimum Support Price and provide cooking cylinder to the BPL families for ₹500

A day after the Congress released its manifesto for the Haryana Assembly election promising a monthly allowance of ₹2,000 for women, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came out with its ‘Sankalp Patra’ vowing monthly assistance of ₹2,100 for women. The BJP, seeking its third consecutive term in the State, has promised two lakh government jobs, 10 industrial towns, a guarantee of government jobs for Agniveers, and a full scholarship for Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Class students at government medical and engineering colleges.

Releasing the 72-page document, titled “Non-Stop Haryana Ka Sankalp Patra”, on Thursday (September 19, 2024), BJP national president J.P. Nadda said the BJP government would continue to procure 24 crops on the Minimum Support Price, as already announced by the Chief Minister, and provide cooking cylinders to BPL families for ₹500.

The party promised to create job opportunities for five lakh youth and pay monthly stipend under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme. On returning to power, the BJP government would give incentives to industrialists to provide jobs to 50,000 local youth in each of the 10 industrial towns promised in the manifesto, Mr. Nadda, the Union Health Minister, said.

Other promises in the manifesto include separate welfare boards for backward class communities, a metro network connecting Gurugram and Faridabad, making Haryana a global education centre and a safari park in the Aravallis to promote tourism. Besides, the manifesto promises five lakh houses in urban and rural areas, and free dialysis and diagnostic facilities at government hospitals.

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Attacking the Congress, Mr. Nadda said the party had made the election manifesto a “diluted document” and “ended its relevance”, but the BJP has started the “culture of report cards” and was committed to fulfil the promises made in the manifesto. He said Haryana was known for corruption in jobs and land scams 10 years ago, but during the BJP’s rule over the past decade, the per capita income of the State doubled, exports grew three times and 5,800 villages got round-the-clock electricity compared to only 538 in 2014.

The BJP’s national secretary and manifesto committee president Om Praskash Dhankar said the document had something for “every section of the society”, be it women, unemployed youth, farmers or students, and separate promises for every district as well. He said the announcements were made keeping in mind the State’s budget unlike the other parties.

Former Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the State, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said the BJP had “exposed its own failures” with the release of its manifesto. He said the party, which could not fulfil promises made in 2014 and 2019, is giving new slogans in 2024 to “mislead” the electorate.

Published - September 19, 2024 01:39 pm IST