Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Monday released the party’s manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly polls, promising three free cylinders for the BPL families annually. He differentiated it from a freebie and stated that the party is “taking care of the needs of the poor under the welfare scheme and not greed”.
Also, the manifesto was released in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor and Lingayat stalwart BS Yediyurappa.
The BJP released its 16-point election manifesto in Bengaluru, in which the party promised a host of assurances, with the key provision enlisted in it of providing three free cooking gas cylinders to all BPL families annually. The free cylinders will be provided in three installments of one cylinder each in the months of Yugadi, Ganesh Chaturthi, and Deepavali.
Speaking on the occasion, Nadda said, “We are taking care of the need, not the greed. The poor are the beneficiaries of schemes like Ayushman Bharat and the food scheme for the poor. Freebies are for popularizing when you talk about empowerment, we are trying to see to it that no poor person suffers because of health problems so that his children can have a good education and live life with dignity in the future.
That’s empowerment.”
He said that the BJP’s manifesto will lay the foundation for the 25th year of Amrit Kaal in Karnataka while alleging that Congress has “made a mockery of manifestos.”.
“Our manifesto is different from the Congress’ manifesto, which talks about guarantees and has an outdated warranty. Our manifesto contains a realistic, achievable promise that will fulfil the aspirations of Karnataka’s youth, farmers, women, labourers, middle class, SC/ST, and all sections of society. Our manifesto is centred around six themes,” he said.
The BJP chief said that the party’s vision document was made after extensive deliberation and outreach to the public.
“The manifesto for Karnataka has not been formulated sitting in an AC room; rather, a due exercise has been done; a great amount of toil and perseverance by our workers who visited every corner of the state was done before this was created,” he said.
