BJP’s poll manifesto is jumlebazi, quiet on MSP guarantee, employment and inflation: Opposition
The manifesto ignores restoration of peace in Manipur and inclusion of Ladakh’s tribal areas in the sixth schedule of the Constitution, the Congress said.
The Opposition parties on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections does not talk about several key issues such as employment generation and minimum support price for farmers.
A minimum support price is the rate at which the government buys farm produce and is based on a calculation of at least one and a half times the cost of production incurred by the farmers. There have been recurring farmer agitations to press for a law guaranteeing a minimum support price for agricultural commodities.
The Congress said that unlike its manifesto, the BJP manifesto does not talk about the vacancy of 30 lakh government posts, the need to control inflation, restoration of peace in Manipur and inclusion of the tribal areas of Ladakh in the sixth schedule of the Constitution.
“We are guaranteeing Rs 1 lakh annually to women, your manifesto is quiet on that,” Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said at a press conference. “We are promising 50% reservation in government jobs for young women, your manifesto makes no mention of it.”
She also said that the BJP government’s “flawed foreign policy” since 2014 had resulted in China entering Indian territory. India has failed to capitalise on world trade and foreign direct investments even as China was losing out on it, she...
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