Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) president J P Nadda on Saturday released the manifesto for Madhya Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections and promised MSP for wheat at Rs 2,700 per quintal and paddy at Rs 3,100 and cooking gas cylinder at Rs 450 for beneficiaries of Ladli Bahna and ‘PM Ujjwala’ schemes.
The 96-page ‘Sankalp Patra’ (vision document) was released here by BJP president JP Nadda along with the party’s state chief VD Sharma, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh and other leaders. The party also promised houses for beneficiaries of the state’s flagship scheme ‘Ladli Bahna’ and free education to girls from poor families up to post-graduation.
After the release of the manifesto, Nadda said, “The state budget has increased by 14 times. The gross state domestic product has increased by 19 times. We believe in the politics of the report card. We have also focused on the last-mile delivery. We did what we said.”
Meanwhile, Chouhan said, “It is the guarantee of PM Modi that we will make this manifesto as our road map for the development of Madhya Pradesh and for the welfare of the people of the state. I have a feeling of satisfaction when I say that, whatever we thought and said, we tried to fulfill it. When we noticed that girls are killed in the womb. We made the policy like the Ladli Laxmi Yojana.”
According to the vision document, the party will set up technological institutes in MP along the lines of IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) and medical institutions in a similar way to AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) if the BJP retains power in the state. It also promises six new expressways and a budget of Rs 3 lakh crore for the empowerment of tribal communities.
The election to the 230-member assembly in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to be held on November 17, while counting of votes will take place on December 3.
In the 2018 assembly polls, Congress emerged as the single largest party by winning 114 seats while restricting the BJP to 109. The party under Kamal Nath formed a government with the support of BSP, SP, and Independent MLAs.
However, the Congress government fell after many MLAs under the leadership of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who later became a Union minister, joined the BJP. The BJP returned to power in March 2020 with Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister for a fresh term. The BJP’s current strength in the assembly is 127.
