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The manifesto, unveiled by party manifesto committee chairman Bandhu Tirkey, focused on seven promises and 24 resolutions, including the 1932 Khatiyan-based domicile policy and implementation of the Sarna religious code of the tribals
The Congress in its manifesto promised to set up one 100-bed super-specialty hospital in every district headquarters, distribute green ration cards to 10 lakh additional beneficiaries and make Jharkhand a manufacturing hub. (PTI file)
The Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Jharkhand assembly elections promising 250 units of free electricity, caste-based census and filling up of all vacant government posts within a year.
The manifesto, unveiled by party manifesto committee chairman Bandhu Tirkey, focused on seven promises and 24 resolutions, including the 1932 Khatiyan-based domicile policy and implementation of the Sarna religious code of the tribals.
It was released a day before the first phase of polling for 43 of the total 81 seats of the state.
“The manifesto promises free electricity up to 250 units to the poor as against 200 units at present. We will fill up all vacant government posts in a year,” Tirkey said.
He said, “Keeping in mind the interests of the tribals in Jharkhand, the Manifesto Committee held a Chaupal in every district and interacted with the public. We made every effort to ensure that our manifesto is for the common people.” The manifesto promised to repeal the previous BJP government’s Land Bank Policy and strictly implement the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act, Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Act and provisions of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act.
The Congress in its manifesto promised to set up one 100-bed super-specialty hospital in every district headquarters, distribute green ration cards to 10 lakh additional beneficiaries and make Jharkhand a manufacturing hub.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand BJP on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress and JMM for allegedly releasing their manifestos in the silent period.
The BJP demanded that the Commission take action against the Congress and the JMM.
Sudhir Srivastava, who led the party delegation to the election office, said that the campaign for the first phase of the elections ended on Monday at 5 pm.
“The silent period starts thereafter, and no publicity, press conference or releasing manifestos could be done during the period. But, the JMM and the Congress released their manifestos during the period violating the model code of conduct,” he said.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Monday released its manifesto for assembly elections promising 33 per cent reservation to women in state government jobs.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
