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Trinamool manifesto focuses on roti, kapda and makaan

Kolkata: Moving from the slogan of 'Ma Mati Manush (Mother, land and people)' to 'roti kapda aur makaan (food, dress and shelter), the Trinamool Congress Saturday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls,

IANS Published : Mar 23, 2014 11:45 IST, Updated : Mar 23, 2014 12:14 IST
Claiming that “scams in defence deals” have maligned India's image, Banerjee said her party favoured procurement of defence equipment through a “transparent e-processing”.

The Trinamool, which has strongly opposed the creation of Telangana, said bifurcation of states can take place only after such a proposal is cleared by the state government concerned.

Refering to the millions of pending cases in courts, the manifesto called for judicial reforms by setting up a review committee to bring in “pro-people systematic changes” in the judiciary. it said exclusive women's courts and more fast-track courts would be set up for expeditious trial of cases.

The party declared that it would not allow forcible acquisition of land, and "modify the land acquisition law if it was voted to power.

"We will create land maps and land banks to help industry acquire land. Government will not acquire any land.

Tribals should get the right to forests."

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