At the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Congress on Friday released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. During this, party president Kharge, Sonia, Rahul and Manifesto Committee Chairman P. Chidambaram were present.
Congress on Friday released a 48-page manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. Sonia, Rahul, Kharge and Manifesto Committee Chairman P Chidambaram announced 5 justice and 25 guarantees at the Congress headquarters in Delhi.
This manifesto has been named Nyaya Patra.
Promised 10 Nyay and 25 guarantees
We reiterate that the Constitution of India shall remain our sole guide and companion in our never-ending journey.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi affirmed while releasing the manifesto. In the manifesto, the party has promised 10 justices and 25 guarantees.
With other big announcements of Congress party, it claims:
- Opposition to One Nation One Election. Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held on time.
- Voting will be done through EVM, but it will be matched with VVPAT slip.
- Promise of amendment in the 10th Schedule. Under this, membership of Assembly or Parliament will automatically end if someone changes party.
- Police and central agencies will work strictly according to the law. Every case will be brought under the supervision of Parliament or state legislatures.
Rs 400 wages, Rs 1 lakh annually to poor women, MSP law and promise of caste census
The party’s manifesto mentions raising wages to Rs 400 a day, giving Rs 1 lakh a year to a woman from a poor family, making MSP a law and conducting a caste census.
Congress has focused on youth, women, laborers and farmers in its manifesto. Different types of schemes have been promised for all these sections. The party has said that its manifesto is based on work, wealth and welfare. Here work means employment, wealth means income and welfare means getting the benefits of government schemes.
Congress promises Youth of strictly conducting papers with assured employment
1. The Apprenticeship Rights Act will be introduced by replacing the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 to guarantee a secure first job. This law will provide a one-year apprenticeship program in private and government sector companies for every diploma holder or college graduate under the age of 25. Under this law, every trainee will be given an honorarium of Rs 1 lakh per year.
2. Formation of fast-track courts to settle cases of paper leaks for job examinations and financial compensation to the victims.
3. About 30 lakh vacant posts approved at various levels in the central government will be filled.
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4. The Fund of Funds scheme for start-ups will be restructured and 50 percent of the available funds, Rs 5,000 crore, will be allocated equally to all districts of the country.
5. One-time relief will be given to those applicants who could not appear for government exams during the pandemic period from 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2021.
6. Application fees for government exams and government posts will be waived.
7. In respect of all student educational loans, the loan amount due including interest till 15 March 2024 will be waived and reimbursed to the banks by the government.
With Mahalakshmi Yojan,a Congress Manifesto claims to give Rs 1 lacs to women
1. Pledged to launch a Mahalakshmi Yojana to provide Rs 1 lakh per year as unconditional cash transfer to every poor Indian family. Beneficiaries will be identified from the most needy families.
2. The amount will be transferred directly to the bank account of the oldest woman in the household. In case the elderly woman is no more, it will be transferred to the account of the oldest member of the family.
3. Congress said that the Constitutional (106th) Amendment Act is a symbol of BJP’s betrayal towards women. The Amendment Act contains devious provisions which allow reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies to be implemented only after 2029.
4. Half (50 per cent) of the central government jobs will be reserved for women from 2025.
5. The principle of ‘equal work, equal pay’ will be implemented to prevent discrimination in the wages of women.
BJP slams Congress Lok Sabha poll manifesto as Bundle of Lies
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday dismissed the Congress manifesto as an attempt to whitewash the failings of the party when it was in power for over 50 years and said the document called ‘nyay patra’ (document for justice) is an effort to hide the ‘anyay’ (injustice) against the people of the country.
Addressing the media, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “The Congress manifesto is a bundle of lies… It has been prepared to create confusion among the voters. The party which ruled the country for 50-55 years is now talking about ‘nyay’, but what did the government do when they were in power?”
He said the promises made by the Congress, which was “the main opposition party” and is known as “the grand old party” indicate it is moving from being old to oldest to oblivion.
“They are saying today that if they come to power, they will do this and that…”, he further said.
The BJP leader said on the one hand there is the BJP, which has a “proven record” of fulfilling promises and on the other, there is the Congress, which has not been able to deliver on the promises made ahead of general elections or assembly polls.
Assam CM Sarma’s statement on Congress Manifesto
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also criticised the manifesto.
In a post on ‘X’ he said, “Cong manifesto promises to remove an elected State Govt, restore triple talaq, makes a U turn on OPS, has no delivery date on any of its promises, lacks a plan to harness benefits of Industry 4.0 and worst of all passes pictures from Thailand & America as that of India.”
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