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Democratising tech: Congress, BJP trying to better each other

BJP polishes its crown jewel 'Digital India', Congress calls it a colossal failure

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Karan ChoudhuryNeha Alawadhi Bengaluru | New Delhi
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, after releasing their election manifestos, are deploying all their resources to best each other on promises of democratising technology.

Along with assurances of better infrastructure, jobs, and education, among other things, the two are pushing their agendas on digitising services, new economy, start-up culture and entrepreneurship. BJP polishes its crown jewel ‘Digital India’, Congress calls it a colossal failure. 

Bullish on the success of its ‘Digital India’ initiative, the Narendra Modi-led BJP government on Monday released its election manifesto, which charts its Vision 2022 master plan.

The push to ‘going digital’,

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