Elections 2019: 55 pages election manifesto released by Congress Party

The Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls making a slew of promises including giving Rs 72000 each to five crore poor families under the Nyay scheme filling up 22 lakh government vacancies bringing a separate budget for farmers and fixing a single moderate GST rateThe 55page document titled Hum Nibhayenge we will deliver focused on addressing the issues of joblessness farm distress safety of women and boosting the rural economy with stress on building a narrative on real issues faced by peopleA woman prepares textile materials dedicated to the Indian National Congress at her residence ahead of the general elections in AhmedabadThe manifesto was released by party President Rahul Gandhi former PM Manmohan Singh UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and senior leader P Chidambaram among others For farmers Congress promised to put them on the path from Karz Maafi loan waiver to Karz Mukti freedom from loans This will be done through remunerative prices lower input costs and assured access to institutional credit the party said adding it will present a separate Kisan Budget every yearThe partys agenda Congress to allocate 6 per cent of GDP to education strengthen government hospitals and give highquality healthcare access to poor if voted to power To enact the Right to Healthcare Act and guarantee every citizen free diagnostics outpatient care free medicines and hospitalisation through a network of public hospitals and enlisted private hospitals To give Rs 72000 per year to the poorest 20 per cent households in India Party will ensure 34 lakh jobs in the public sector by filling all 4 lakh Central government vacancies before March 2020 persuading state governments to fill 20 lakh vacancies and creating an estimated 10 lakh new Seva Mitra positions in every gram panchayat and urban local bodies It will radically simplify the GST regime with a single moderate rate of tax zerorating of exports and exemption for essential goods and services Will reverse the trend of declining Defence spending under the NDA government and increase it to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces School education from Std I to Std XII in public schools shall be compulsory and free Will also reserve 33 per cent of all postsvacancies in the Central government for womenPriyanka Gandhi Congress general secretarySome of the ideas in the congress manifesto are positively dangerousArun Jaitleyunion ministerThis manifesto has ideas which will divide India Some of the ideas are positively dangerous in the Congress manifesto They are for an agenda for the balkanisation of IndiaYogi AdityanathUP chief ministerIt is a bundle of lies and the party has expressed its failure over 55 years in its manifesto Opposition is making negative statements on Balakot and Pakistan is drawing advantage from itV NarayanasamyPuducherry chief ministerThe announcement in the manifesto that the Congress would procure statehood for Puducherry now a UT shows that the party and its leader have concern for the welfare of the people hereDaljit Singh CheemaSAD spokesman and exministerI am confident that the people will see through this exercise which is aimed purely at acquiring power by making promises which the Congress does not have any intention to keepHighlights of the election manifestoAFSPA enforcement will be reviewedThe Congress has promised in its manifesto that nothing will be done or allowed to change the constitutional position on Kashmir and that enforcement of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in JampK will be reviewed if the party is voted to power In the manifesto the party dedicated separate sections to JampK and NE states Elaborating its vision for JampK the party said it has stood witness to the developments in the state since the instrument of accession was signedNew law for hate crimes defamationThe Congress said it will pass a new law in the first session of the next Lok Sabha to prevent and punish hate crimes such as mobengineered lynching stripping and burning if voted to power The proposed law will contain provisions to compensate victims and to hold the police and district administration accountable for proven negligence the party said The party manifesto has also promised to omit Section 499 of the IPC and make defamation a civil offenceCong assures full statehood for PuducherryThe Congress assured full statehood to Puducherry but stopped short of making the same commitment for Delhi if it comes to power In its manifesto it promised to amend the Government of NCT of Delhi Act 1991 so the lieutenant governor acts on the aid and advice of the council of ministers except in matters concerning the three reserved subjects a clear reference to land police and public order Delhi and Puducherry have legislative assemblies but do not enjoy powers of full states The LG plays a critical role in administering bothAlsoReadElections 2019 Rahul Gandhis decision to contest LS polls from Wayanad will help BJP says CPIs PPParty promises to probe Rafale dealThe Congress has promised to probe procurement of Rafale jets and other deals under the BJP government and said it if voted to power would enforce anticorruption laws The party in its manifesto also said it would investigate the circumstances under which many fraudsters were allowed to leave the country and would take steps to bring them back Congress will enforce anticorruption laws without discrimination the party saidNo more interference in RBIs functioningThe Congress on Tuesday said monetary policy is the province of the Reserve Bank of India and the party will reverse the unwarranted and illegal interference by the BJP government into the functioning of the RBI if voted to power It also promised to review and replace the current Goods and Services Tax laws with the GST 20 regime which will be based on a single moderate standard rate of tax on all goods and servicesAlso ReadRahul Gandhi South India feels neglected by PM Narendra ModiCatch up on all the 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