BJP poll manifesto in J'khand promises mobile handset to farmers, job for every BPL family

Union minister and senior BJP leer Ravi Shankar Pras on Wednesday released party's manifesto for Jharkhand polls, promising a slew of measures for farmers, including a loan of up to Rs 3 lakh with easy repayment options and a mobile handset. saffron party also pledged job for at least one member of every below-poverty-line (BPL) family, if re-elected to power in state. It assured to provide financial assistance to school students hailing from backward and poor families. Every student of Classes 9 and 10 will receive Rs 2,200 and that of Classes 11 and 12 Rs 7,500 as scholarships, said manifesto, which was released by Pras  in presence of Jharkhan Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda and BJPs state unit president Laxman Gilua.

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Contending that incumbent BJP government has alrey given a bonus of Rs 185 per quintal of pdy, in dition to existing minimum support price, vision document said farmers would be given mobile handsets under e- NAM -- an online tring platform for agro commodities. It also promised to provide Rs 5,000 to maximum number of farmers every year under states Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirw Yojana. All farmers will be given loan of up to Rs 3 lakh with easy repayment options. loan limit of cooperative committees will be hiked to Rs 200 crore, document said. party, if voted to power again, would send a total of 5,000 farmers to foreign countries to study and learn about modern farming techlogies, it said. On education, manifesto promised to construct 70 new Eklayva Model Residential Schools.

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A Jharkhand Tribal Empowerment Institution will be set up in state to dress problems faced by tribal people and welfare schemes will be initiated to uplift ir standard of living. A National Tribal University will come up in Jharkhand in next five years to encour higher education, it claimed. vision document furr assured to sanction a loan of up to Rs 5 lakh for tribals opting for self employment. party, if voted to power, would mark December 3, 2021 as 50th Martyr Day of Albert Ekka, who was conferred Paramveer Chakra posthumously after 1971 war of liberation, it asserted. In an effort to preserve and promote tribal art and langus, BJP said it would provide a one-time grant of Rs 50,000 to researchers.

saffron party vowed to take effective steps to end menace of human trafficking. Trafficking rackets often lure youth from remote areas of state to metropolitan cities and even abro on pretext of giving m jobs. ruling party pledged to create job opportunities for local youth. A total of 20 lakh youth will be trained in next five years to make m job-rey. existing 44 employment exchanges in states will be turned into model career centres, it said. document also assured a loan of up to Rs 5 lakh for tribal women running self-help groups.

In next five years, one lakh sakhi mandal (centre for welfare of women) will come up in state. Women will receive aid between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh to set up start-ups, it insisted. With an aim to promote sports ahe of 2024 Olympics, manifesto said Rajya Krida Pratibha Sampnah Mission would be set up for talented individuals. It also pledged welfare measures for urganized labour force, elderly and differently abled, government employees, retired army personnel, drivers of auto-rickshaws, trucks, e-rickshaws and taxis, and safai karmacharis (sanitation workers). saffron party's ally in state, AJSU Party, h separately anunced its manifesto last week. Opposition Congress and JMM have also released ir separate vision documents over past week. Assembly elections will be held in Jharkhand in five phases, beginning vember 30. Counting of voted will be held on December 23.

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