Team News Riveting
Bhopal, October 17
The Congress Tuesday released its Vachan Patra – the 106-page manifesto– for the ensuing Madhya Pradesh assembly election.
The party in opposition in the state has included 1,290 promises that contain filling up 2 lakh vacant posts, creating 1 lakh new posts in villages and turning the state into an industrial hub.
Taking a leaf out of party’s manifesto in Chhattisgarh in the last poll, Congress vowed to bring the procurement price for paddy to Rs 2,500 per quintal and wheat at Rs 2,600 per quintal with a mission to facilitate farmers to get Rs 3,000 per quintal. Under the Nandini Gau Dhan Yojana, cow dung will be procured for Rs 2 per kg—another scheme adopted from Chhattisgarh.
The party also promised Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 to young unemployed people under Yuva Swabhiman Yojana. Congress has also announced Rs 1.01 lakh for daughters under the Beti Vivah Yojana and benefits to the tune of Rs 2.51 lakh to the girl child under Meri Beti Ladli Yojana.
Social security pension will be raised to Rs 1,200 a month, Congress said in the manifesto. Efforts will be made for Madhya Pradesh to have its own IPL team. To promote sports, the Padak Lao schemes will be launched, it added.
The Congress has promised nine rights to the people of Madhya Pradesh. including “Right to Water, Health, Electricity, Education, Housing, Minimum Income, Employment Guarantee and Social Justice”. It also undertook to provide Rs 25 lakh health insurance and Rs 10 lakh accident insurance cover for each family.
Madhya Pradesh goes to the polls on November 17.
