BJP national president J P Nadda has released the party’s vision document or manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka elections on Monday in Bengaluru. Nadda was flanked by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa were also present on the occasion.
Targeting households, the BJP promised to provide three free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families annually; one each during the months of Yugadi, Ganesh Chaturthi and Deepavali.
There is also a provision for the ‘Poshana’’ scheme through which every BPL household will be provided with 500 ml litre Nandini milk every day and grains through monthly ration kits.
The manifesto also includes the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Karnataka based on the recommendations given by a high-level committee. It also promises to ease of living conditions of apartment dwellers in Bengaluru by constituting the Karnataka Residents’ Welfare Consultative Committee to reform the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972. This will also cover the grievance redressal mechanism.
Other promises in the manifesto include laboratories in every ward, a film city in Mysore to be named after the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar and Atal Aahaar Kendras to counter Indira Canteen.
Besides, the party also promises to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) if it retains power in this Assembly elections. Besides a plan to develop Karnataka into a hub of electric vehicles, the BJP also aims to develop the capital city of Bengaluru.
BJP national president JP Nadda, who spoke at the event, said the plan was to develop Bengaluru for the next generation by designating it as the ‘State Capital Region’.
This will involve executing a comprehensive, technology-led city development programme that is centred around ease of life. Cohesive transportation networks and enabling ecosystems to make Bengaluru a Global Hub of Digital Innovation are also on the cards, he added.
“The manifesto for Karnataka has not been formulated sitting in an AC room, rather a due exercise has been done,” said BJP national president JP Nadda. He added that creating the manifesto involved a great amount of toil and perseverance by party workers who visited every corner of the state.
Nadda also took a dig at the Congress manifesto which he said “talks about guarantees, which has got an outdated warranty.” “Our manifesto contains a realistic, achievable promise which will fulfil the aspirations of Karnataka’s youth, farmers, women, labours, middle class, SC/ST and all sections of the society,” he said, adding that the manifesto is centred around six themes.
