Implementation of CAA, 1 job per family: BJP manifesto for Bengal polls

The BJP on Sunday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal elections promising to build a Sonar Bangla by providing employment strengthening social security schemes and vowing to clear the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the first cabinet meeting of the new governmentUnveiling the Sonar Bangla Sankalpa Patra at EZCC in Salt Lake Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that BJP will ensure the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme and the PMKisan programme in the state besides giving at least one job per familyAssuring to provide arrears of Rs 18000 to 75 lakh farmers of the state under PMKisan the BJP promised Rs 10000 per year for them if voted to power with Rs 6000 being contributed by the Centre and the rest by the stateThe party also announced a Rs 5000 crore intervention fund to assure farmers economic security besides accidental insurance worth Rs 3 lakh for small farmers and fishermenIn the manifesto the party promised a Sonar Bangla fund worth Rs 11000 crore to promote art literature and other such sectors and a Tagore Prize on the lines of the Nobel PrizeThe BJP also promised seventh pay commission implementation for state government employees and 30 per cent reservation for women in state government jobsPromising to act tough on infiltration the BJP promised strictest border securityThe party also promised free KG to PG education for all women and free travel for them in public transportIt promised to build new AIIMS in North Bengal Jungle Mahal and Sunderban regions besides toilets and clean drinking water for every familyShah said that when the BJP forms the government in West Bengal people would not have to go to court for organising Durga Puja and Saraswati PujaBengal has turned into one of the most unsafe states for women Inaction for years has broken the dreams of the youth and has stopped the flow of employment In the last 10 years TMCs illgovernance has started a dark chapter in Bengals history he allegedIn the poll manifesto the party also promised a Rs 20000 crore Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Fund for the infrastructure development of schools and five universities at par with IITs and IIMsThe party said that to transform Kolkata into an international city it will set up a Kolkata Development Fund worth Rs 22000 crore and also ensure that the metropolis becomes a UNESCO Heritage CityWe have decided that we will clear the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the first cabinet meeting itself besides approving the Ayushman Bharat scheme for the benefit of the poor Shah saidThe party further promised that every refugee family will be given Rs 10000 per year for five years through direct benefit transfer DBTShah said that his party would work towards building a safe Bengal an appeasementfree Bengal and an infiltrationfree state if voted to powerWe will bring back the Bengal that made the entire nation proud he saidYou have given time to Congress over 30 years to Communists and ten years to TMC Give us five years to build a Sonar Bangla he said urging the people to vote for the BJPThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever