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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana on Thursday promised foodgrain at Rs 1 a kg for families below poverty line, free treatment to the poor and stipend for unemployed youth in its election manifesto, hoping to come to power on its own for the first time in the state.
The manifesto said, if voted to power, BJP will take steps for stricter implementation of the laws against cow slaughter, even as the chairman Manifesto Committee, Ganeshi Lal, said cow slaughter will be equated with culpable homicide.
The manifesto said BJP's focus areas will be agriculture, rural development, industry, education, service sector, welfare of youth and women, welfare of the Scheduled Caste and backward classes, said the 16-page manifesto released here by party spokesperson and senior leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
The manifesto said if voted to power, BJP will bring the gross domestic product growth in the state to 10 per cent over the next five years.
The party said it is committed to bring the SYL Canal water to the state. The government, if formed, will usher in milk revolution in the state and dairy sector will be promoted. It will also work towards bringing a second Green Revolution, it said.
Seeking a clear mandate, the punchline of the manifesto is "BJP ke saath chaliyein, Narendra Modi ke saath chaliyein (move with BJP, move with (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi)".
It said BJP intends to give better facilities to villages, bring transparency in administration, root out corruption and end the menace of female foeticide.
Four-laning of the national and the state highways will be done, round-the-clock power supply will be given to various categories of consumers, clean drinking water will be made available to each household, free treatment will be given to the poor in hospitals and free medicines will be made available to them, it said.
Besides, the manifesto promised free pilgrimage facility to every senior citizen of the state, increase in monthly old age and widow pension from the current Rs 1,000 to 2,000, availability of water for every field and setting up of a relief centre to look into compensation detail of crops damaged due to natural calamity.
It also talked about soil health cards for farmers, free travel for school and college girls in roadways buses which will also have security guards on board.
The manifesto said in lieu of 100 hours of work, Class 12 pass unemployed youths will be given Rs 6,000 stipend a month while graduate unemployed will get Rs 9,000 a month, even as steps will be taken to lift the standard of education.
