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Manifesto highlight: Samajwadi Party woos rural people

The highlights included 24-hour power supply, free smart phones, Rs 1,000 per month to 1 cr people

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and newly appointed party president Akhilesh Yadav unveils party manifesto ahead of Assembly election, in Lucknow (Photo: PTI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and newly appointed party president Akhilesh Yadav unveils party manifesto ahead of Assembly election, in Lucknow (Photo: PTI)

Press Trust of India Lucknow
Leaving no stone unturned to storm back to power in Uttar Pradesh, ruling Samajwadi Party Sunday released its election manifesto touching almost every sector of rural life.

The 32-page manifesto carried the photographs of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his father and SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, but no snap of Shivpal Yadav.

Following are the highlights:

*Establishment of Farmers' fund.

*24-hour supply power in rural areas.

*Free smart phones under Samajwadi smart phone scheme

*Rs 1,000 per month to 1 crore people under expansion of Samajwadi pension scheme

*Free cycle to girls studying in class ninth to 12th.

*Pressure cooker to poor women
 

*Free ghee and milk powder to poor students

*Nutrious diet to pregnant women at their place.

*Metro expansion in Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi and Meerut.

*Samajwadi party smart villages

*Construction of Purvanchal expressway and Bundelkhand-Terai Expressway

*River front development in prominent cities.

*Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, less than 60 years age, on untimely deaths.

*Samajwadi sports school for sports promotion.

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First Published: Jan 22 2017 | 8:50 PM IST

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