Dehradun: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today released BJP’s manifesto ahead of the assembly polls in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, laying a roadmap for its development over the next five years as a model state. Poll Manifesto named “Vision Document,(Drshti Patra) 2022” which is all set to go for single-phased assembly polls on February 14.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the manifesto will be a roadmap for state’s development over the next five years. Gadkari also assured that the Char Dham Highway will be completed by December 2022. The party also promised 50,000 government jobs to the youth, three LPG cylinders to the poor every year in BJP is voted to power in the hill state.
As per the announcement, BJP’s poll manifesto puts renewed emphasis on infrastructure development, tourism, stopping migration, employment generation, empowerment of women, farmers, horticulture and dairy development.
Additionally, both Centre and state will provide Rs 6,000 each towards Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme that will extend a benefit of Rs 12,000 fund transfer to every farmer’s bank account.
“We went to 13 districts to seek suggestions from different people, including soldiers, farmers, women, youth. Mobile teams were sent to every assembly to keep the suggestion boxes there. People were asked what kind of Uttarakhand they want,” BJP leader and manifesto committee president Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said during the event.
“It is our mission to make Haridwar the capital of Yoga. There is a plan to make poor women self-reliant. Poor households will be given 3 cylinders free of cost in a year. Apart from this, Rs 2000 per month will be given to women from BPL families and Rs 1000 per month will be given to poor children,” he added.
Addressing through video conferencing Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said ” Today we’ve launched our manifesto (Drishti Patra) for state polls. We’ll provide 3 free LPG cylinders to the poor in a year. Pregnant women living in hilly areas will be given Rs 40,000. Senior citizens’ pensions will be increased to Rs 3600.We will amend the law of ‘Love Jihad’ to make it stricter including a provision of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. We will provide 50,000 government jobs to the youth… This ‘Drishiti Patra’ is a vision to make the state self-reliant & developed.”