Nadda releases BJP’s manifesto for Himachal Assembly polls, vows to implement UCC

The Uniform Civil Code will be implemented, and judicial committees in the state will look into Waqf properties, according to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda, who released the party’s manifesto for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections on Sunday. The manifesto contains 11 commitments in total.

The manifesto’s launch was attended by Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, state party leader Suresh Kashyap, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, and others. The BJP leader spoke at the event and went over the party’s 11 pledges in hopes of keeping the government in place.

“First commitment is that the BJP government will bring Uniform Civil Code here. A committee of experts will be set up and according to their report, UCC will be implemented in Himachal. The second commitment is that the Rs 3,000 per year will be added to the Mukhya Mantri Annadata Samman Nidhi, besides the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Nearly 10 lakh farmers will be connected with this,” Nadda said.

Nadda said that the party will increase job opportunities in the state in a phased manner.
“Our third commitment is that our government will increase the job opportunities of over 8 lakh in a phased manner. This will include govt jobs and works underway in the economic zone. Our fourth commitment is that the BJP government will ensure that all the roads are connected with the pucca roads under the PM Gramin Sadak Yojana in the next five years,” he said.

The BJP leader announced that the government will introduce the “Shakti” programme to improve local transportation and infrastructure.

“Our fifth commitment is that the BJP will launch a programme named ‘Shakti’ under which Rs 12,000 crore will be spent in 10 years to develop infrastructure and transportation around religious places and temples. They’ll be connected to the ‘Himteerth’ circuit’. Our sixth commitment is that the government will the GST on the material used by the farmers for the packaging of apples will be 12 per cent and the additional GST of the material will be borne by the state government,” he said.

Additionally, he pledged to double the number of mobile clinic vans and to open five new medical institutions in the following five years, with the goal of bringing regular health checks to remote areas.

“Our seventh commitment is that the government will open 5 new medical colleges in the state. The mobile clinic vans will be doubled in every constituency so that health could reach the doorsteps of the people. Facilities of regular health check-ups will be provided. Our eighth commitment is that the government will introduce startup Yojana to promote startups for youth. A corpus of Rs 900 will be brought to include the youth in the startups,” he added.

The BJP leader declared that the government’s ninth commitment will be to raise the ex-gratia paid to troops killed in the line of duty.

“Our tenth commitment is that the government will conduct a survey and the Waqf properties will be investigated under the judicial commission as per the law. We will work to stop the illegal usage of Waqf properties,” Nadda said.
“Our eleventh commitment is that the government will remove the discrepancies in the remunerations of government employees,” he added.
Nadda said that the ‘Sankalp Patra’ will “bring uniformity in society”.
“This ‘Sankalp Patra’ stands on 11 commitments. These commitments will bring uniformity in society, empower youth and farmers, strengthen horticulture, give justice to govt employees and take forward religious tourism,” he said.

According to the BJP leader, Jairam Thakur’s state government has “created a new dimension of growth.” Nadda outlined the advancements made during the previous five years.

“We have established a new dimension of development. We connected 2 lakh families with clean water. We connected nearly 28 lakh families with the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in Himachal. 100 percent electrification has been done. Nearly 4.70 families are covered in Himachal under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. 96 percent of the Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal has been completed in the state. About 6,000 km of rural roads have been constructed in the last 5 years under CM Jairam Thakur,” he said.