The INDIA bloc on Tuesday released its manifesto for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, in which a Government job to one member of every household, restoration of old pension scheme and 200 units of free electricity, making Jeevika didis permanent, are among the promises made by the coalition, if it comes to power.
Releasing the 32-page-long Bihar ka Tejashwi Pran (Tejashwi’s resolve for Bihar) at a crowded press conference, Tejashwi Yadav, the CM candidate of the alliance and RJD leader, asserted, “A new law guaranteeing employment would be introduced within 20 days of the INDIA bloc forming the Government in Bihar.
The INDIA bloc manifesto for the Bihar polls has 25 major points assuring practical solutions, Yadav said at the manifesto release. The manifesto further said that all contractual workers in the Bihar Government departments will be made permanent. Also, all Jeevika Didis will be made permanent and given a monthly salary of `30,000.
Promising IT parks, SEZs, dairy and agro-based industries, an education city and five new expressways in the State in the manifesto, Yadav said, “People of Bihar want a crime-free and scam-free regime... They will teach a lesson to NDA in the polls.”
People want a Government that would provide padhai (better education), dawai (better health facilities), kamai (employment) and sichai (better irrigation facilities), he said.
“The NDA has no vision for Bihar. They have not yet released the manifesto for the polls. BJP leaders and corrupt officials have made Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a puppet. The BJP is using Nitish Kumar to further its interests. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has already made it clear that Nitish will not be the CM face,” he alleged.
“The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act has completely failed. If the INDIA bloc is voted to power, we will remove the ban on toddy,” Yadav said. “The INDIA bloc manifesto is the roadmap for the development of Bihar. It is a resolution to make the State number one,” he added. A press conference of the INDIA bloc leaders held in Patna on October 23 triggered controversy, as the banner featured only a photograph of Tejashwi Yadav and no other leader of the alliance.
All prominent leaders of the INDIA bloc were present at the release of the manifesto. While senior Congress leader Pawan Khera represented his party, CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, VIP party chief Mukesh Sahni and other INDIA bloc leaders were also present.
