Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to release its election manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 on April 7, the same date when it had released its manifesto in 2014, news agency IANS cited sources as saying.
The Congress on Tuesday released the manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The manifesto was released in the presence of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other party leaders.
Speaking at the event, P. Chidambaram, who chaired the Congress Manifesto Committee, said the manifesto "addresses the interests of farmers, industry, Dalits, minorities, workers, women".
General elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The counting of votes will be conducted on 23 May, and on the same day, the results will be declared.
Legislative Assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the general election.
