Karnataka Polls: Congress manifesto promises 200 units of free electricity

The Congress party on Tuesday unveiled its manifesto for the upcoming 10 May Karnataka assembly polls. It cleared the air that if voted to power, it would cancel all anti-people laws passed by the BJP government during its tenure.

The manifesto for the polls was released by the party president, Mallikarjun Kharge. Several prominent leaders, such as state party unit chief D K Shivakumar, CLP leader Siddaramaiah, and others, were present on this occasion.

The party once again repeated its five guarantees that were promised earlier: Gruha Jyothi, Gruha Lakshmi, Anna Bhagya, Yuva Nidhi, and Shakti.

The manifesto promised to bring peace among all communities and also tried to empower women by introducing the Shakti scheme. Through this scheme, women can travel free across the state on regular KSRTC and BMTC buses. However, under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme, each woman who is the head of the family will get Rs 2000 per month.

Congress chief Kharge went on to say that the sixth guarantee is that all these promises must be implemented in the first cabinet meeting on the very first day after the formation of the government in the state.

The grand old party also included in its manifesto Rs 3000 for graduates and Rs 1500 for diploma holders as unemployment monthly bhatta, 10 kilos of rice, and 200 units of free electricity to households as other attractive schemes to woo the voters.

The Congress clarified its stance to ban those organisations that are spreading hatred, whether they belong to majority or minority communities. Therefore, Bajrang Dal, PFI, and others will be banned, the manifesto read.