Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda released the party’s manifesto for the Sikkim Assembly Election at Gangtok on Thursday. The manifesto is titled – Modi Ki Guarantee: Viksit Bharat Viksit Sikkim.
Key highlights of BJP’s Sikkim manifesto:
- Safeguard the essence and the substance and the spirit of 371F.
- Sikkim Gati Shakti Master Plan’ to ensure multi-modal infrastructure development and coordinated implementation of critical projects of roadways, railways and airways.
- Earmark a corpus worth Rs. 500 crore for the Agri-Infra Mission.
- Creation of 25,000 job opportunities in Sikkim for women and youth in the next 5 years.
- Establish women-led and women-run Amma Community Canteens, which will provide subsidised food to people.
- Revamp the agricultural infrastructure to benefit farmers and ensure overall prosperity in the State of Sikkim.
- In collaboration with the Central Government, establish a world-class IIM.
- Establish the National Institute of Design in Sikkim.
- For the youth and tourism boost in the State, BJP will establish an Institute of Hotel Management in Sikkim.
- Under the PM-KISAN Yojana, the farmers will get annual cash benefit worth Rs. 9,000 in place of Rs. 6,000 at present.
- Establish the Regional Institute for Medical Sciences in Sikkim.
- Empower women in the State by making 15,000 Lakhpati Didis.
Launching an attack at the Congress, Nadda said, “The erstwhile governments believed in isolation and ignorance. They wanted to keep the people isolated, ignore them and increase their vote bank politics. This was the style of functioning of the Congress party and other parties. But when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, he said – Look East, Act East, Act Fast and Act First.”
Nadda mentioned about PM Modi’s focus on improving connectivity in the Northeast through the HIRA project. HIRA stands for: H – Highway, I – Internet, R – Railway, A – Airport.
“In collaboration with the Central Government, we will establish, an Indian Institute of Management of world class here in Sikkim. We will establish the National Institute of Design for the development of youths and vocational training in Sikkim. In the same way, to give potential to the youth and give a boost to tourism here, we will set up the Institute of Hotel Management,” he promised the voters in Sikkim.
The BJP national president said, “After the Covid pandemic, America’s economy has shaken. Their GDP is one per cent today. Europe’s economy has slowed down. Post-Ukraine war, Russia’s economy has faltered, and so has that of Australia and Japan. However, Bharat, under the leadership of PM Modi, has risen from being the 11th-largest economy in the world to the 5th largest economic power. When PM Modi will be the Prime Minister for the third time, India’s economy will be the third largest in the world.”
Speaking about other economic milestones achieved by the country in the last 10 years of the Narendra Modi Government, the BJP chief said, “In steel manufacturing, we are number 2 from number 4; in the automobile market we have defeated Japan, we are standing at number 3. Only America and China are ahead of us. When it comes to the mobile industry, 10 years back you had mobile phones made in China, today you have mobile phones where it is written Made in India.”
Making a call for change, Nadda stated, “Enough is enough; you have to join the mainstream, and the mainstream is BJP. The era of regional parties is over; it’s high time to bid farewell to regional politics and embrace the BJP, which promises comprehensive development.”
“Gone are the days of corruption and divisive politics; it’s time for the lotus to bloom in Sikkim,” he added.
The Assembly elections in Sikkim will be held simultaneously with the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19. Sikkim has 32 assembly seats and one parliamentary constituency.
The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha won the lone Lok Sabha seat from the State in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The SKM won 17 out of 32 seats in the Assembly polls while the Sikkim Democratic Front won 15 seats.
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