NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday, launched its manifesto for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, pledging a range of welfare initiatives for farmers, women, and youth.
The manifesto, titled “Haath Badlega Halaat,” was jointly released by AICC chief spokesperson Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra at the party’s office in Srinagar.
The manifesto features 100% insurance against natural calamities for all crops and a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 72 per kilogram for apples.
“We will provide an additional financial support of Rs 4,000 for landless, tenant, and land-owning farming households per year. We will also arrange 99-year leases to landless farmers cultivating state land,” said Pawan Khera.
Additionally, the party vows to establish a Rs 2,500-crore fund dedicated to district-level irrigation projects, aiming to ensure 100 percent irrigation coverage for farmers throughout Jammu and Kashmir.
The grand old party also mentioned to provide an unemployment allowance of up to Rs 3,500 per month for one year to qualified individuals. Additionally, they said that they will fill one lakh vacant government positions by releasing a job calendar within 30 days of assuming power.
“If you look at the track record of Congress in the last ten years, be it Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, wherever we have formed governments we implemented our guarantees. People have faith in us. We have put our entire agenda in front of the public in our manifesto. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have made up their minds. They have decided that if the BJP has to be defeated, then only INDIA Alliance parties should be voted for,” said Khera during the release of the manifesto.
The manifesto, titled “Haath Badlega Halaat,” was jointly released by AICC chief spokesperson Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra at the party’s office in Srinagar.
The manifesto features 100% insurance against natural calamities for all crops and a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 72 per kilogram for apples.
“We will provide an additional financial support of Rs 4,000 for landless, tenant, and land-owning farming households per year. We will also arrange 99-year leases to landless farmers cultivating state land,” said Pawan Khera.
Additionally, the party vows to establish a Rs 2,500-crore fund dedicated to district-level irrigation projects, aiming to ensure 100 percent irrigation coverage for farmers throughout Jammu and Kashmir.
The grand old party also mentioned to provide an unemployment allowance of up to Rs 3,500 per month for one year to qualified individuals. Additionally, they said that they will fill one lakh vacant government positions by releasing a job calendar within 30 days of assuming power.
“If you look at the track record of Congress in the last ten years, be it Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, wherever we have formed governments we implemented our guarantees. People have faith in us. We have put our entire agenda in front of the public in our manifesto. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have made up their minds. They have decided that if the BJP has to be defeated, then only INDIA Alliance parties should be voted for,” said Khera during the release of the manifesto.
