Gearing up for the crucial Lok Sabha elections, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday highlighted various development initiatives undertaken by the BJP government in the state of Uttarakhand.
The party's 20-page vision document titled 'Hamara Adhikar', released at the SP headquarters here in the presence of senior party leaders, also promises to end the Agnipath scheme and introduce regular recruitment in the armed forces.
"These five Farmers Nyay Guarantees would be disseminated through 20,000 leaflets. And we shall work and strengthen the block level farmer's issues," Kunwar Ravinder Singh, Kisan Congress National Convener said in a press conference here.
Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee President and candidate for West Tripura Parliamentary constituency Asish Kumar Saha on Tuesday said that the five guarantees promised in the Congress manifesto reflect Rahul Gandhi's practical experiences during Bharat Jodo Yatra.
"The vision of the NDA government is to make India a developed nation by 2047. I believe it won't be an exaggeration to say that the Congress' manifesto will take India backwards," the Raksha Mantri said in an exclusive conversation with ANI on Tuesday at Madurai.
The Congress on Monday complained to the Election Commission of India against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his objectionable comments against the party manifesto, saying it had an imprint of the Muslim League.
"The Congress party is hollow and they have repeated the same what they have stated and promised 50 years ago. It is similar to the 2022 poll manifesto of Congress in Himachal assembly elections. This is just a manifesto to divide the country," he added.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for equating the Congress manifesto with 'Muslim League ideology', saying the manifesto reflects the hopes and aspirations of 140 crore people of India.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda on Monday attacked the Congress over its Lok Sabha election manifesto, alleging that the party had resorted to appeasement politics and that its document reflected the ideology of Muslim League
"I don't think the manifesto is to break the country. I think the manifesto is to make the country strong and to keep it secular. That is what it is. And if anybody thinks otherwise, then they are already dividing the nation in their own ways," the National Conference told reporters.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday launched an attack on Congress and said that the party's manifesto is a "cheque drawn on an empty bank."