BJP President Amit Shah today released the party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising to make efforts to ensure construction of Ram temple under constitutional provisions if voted to power.
The manifesto, called 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' (Pledge for People's Welfare), also promises to press for taking forward its view on the triple talaq in the Supreme Court.
"The BJP repeats its stand over Ram temple. If voted to power in UP then the party will construct Ram Mandir under the constitutional ambit," Shah said.
In its 2014 manifesto, the BJP had said that it will explore all possibilities within the framework of the Constitution to facilitate construction of the Ram Temple.
BJP’s poll promises include waiving off farm loans, free laptops
Batting for all-round development of Uttar Pradesh and wooing voters, the BJP also promised to waive off loans of marginal farmers, provide interest free loans to them and distribute laptops to the youth.
"For the last 15 years Uttar pradesh has been ruled by either Samajwadi Party or Bahujan Samaj Party during which all the development works were stalled in the state; so we are going to bring in the era of performing politics," Shah said.
"If voted to power, we will make Uttar Pradesh a developed state in five years," he promised.
"I appeal to the people to give us one opportunity, and we promise to turn UP into a developed state."
Promising to waive off loans of small and marginal farmers, he said: "While the new loans to the small and marginal farmers would be given at zero per cent interest, the sugarcane farmers would get the payment of their crops within 14 days from sugar mills."
"Debt of Rs 6,000 crore of the sugarcane farmers will be cleared within 120 days if the BJP is voted to power," he said.
The party also promised to create a fund of Rs 150 crore for agricultural development in the next five years.
Targetting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over his laptop distribution scheme, Shah said, "We won't discriminate with any student of any caste or religion to distribute the laptops.
Will consult Muslim women on talaq, says Amit Shah
BJP President said if his party returned to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will seek the opinion of the state's Muslim women on the triple 'talaq' issue and approach the Supreme Court accordingly.
"If voted to power, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek the opinion of Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh on the triple 'talaq' issue, which is going on in the Supreme Court," Shah said while releasing his party's manifesto for the assembly polls.
"And on the basis of that opinion, the BJP government in the state will then approach the Supreme Court," Shah added.
The state elections will be held in seven phases from February 11 to March 8.
Highlights of BJP's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly election:
* The BJP, after many discussions, has divided the manifesto in 9 parts.
* The BJP has decided to waive all farmer loans. The farmers will get further loans with 0 per cent interest.
* In the next 5 years, Rs 150 crore fund will be set up for agricultural development.
* Bundelkhand will get special preference.
* The motto of 'Na goondaraj Na Bhrashtachar' will be followed.
* In 45 days, all criminals, who are out on parole and committing crimes, will be brought back to jails.
* FIRs for all citizens will be filed without caste bias. Land mafia has troubled the entire state. A task force will be set up in every district to tackle different mafias.
* Class 3 and Class 4 employees will be hired only on the basis of merit, no interviews to end corruption.
* Rs 1,000 crore start-up capital fund will be provided. 90 per cent of the jobs will be given to youth of UP.
* Laptops will be given without any bias with free 1 GB internet per month.
* All students scoring about 50 per cent will get free education till graduation.
* In the next five years, there will be toilets in every house, LPG in every house and gas pipelines for cities.
* Rs 500 crore will be allocated for the Baba Ambedkar fund.
* All colleges and universities will have free Wi-Fi.
* Up to 6 lakh loan from permanent houses and toilets. BPL citizens to get 2 lakh life cover.
* 24x7 electricity in all houses. PM has said before 2019, all villages will have electricity.
* Villages will be connected with mini-bus services. People will be able to use metro at any time with their families, unlike now.
* There will be a Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal development board under the directed supervision of the Chief Minister's office.
* Redressal system in every district to sort our trader disputes.
* Rs 5,000 for every girl child born in poor families; no age bar for widow pensions which will be Rs 1000.
* The opinion of all women on Triple Talaq will be taken and placed in front of Supreme Court.
* On Ram Temple, the law will be followed to get the temple built as soon as possible.
(With agencies inputs)
