Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The BJP has made 25 promises, focusing on women, youths, Kashmiri Pandits, restoring temples and wiping out terrorism. BJP Jammu & Kashmir chief Ravinder Raina described the manifesto as a ‘people’s manifesto’. In its manifesto, the BJP focused on women-led development in Jammu and Kashmir. It promised to implement ‘Maa Samman Yojana’ to provide Rs 18,000 per year to the senior most woman in every household in Jammu and Kashmir.
It also promised to provide assistance through the state government for Women SHGs on the issue of interest on bank loans. The manifesto mentioned that the government will create 5 lakh employment opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir through Pandit Prem Nath Dogra Rozgar Yojana (PPNDRY). BJP also said that it will provide Rs 3,000 yearly through DBT as travel allowance to college students under the Pragati Shiksha Yojana.
BJP promised to distribute laptops and reimbursement of coaching fees to the tune of Rs 10,000 for 2 years and travel costs to examination centres for students preparing for competitive exams like JKPSC and UPSC. BJP’s manifesto also mentioned a rehabilitation for Kashmiri Pandits.
Amit Shah said about the scheme, ‘The scheme will be very detailed. We will look for complete rehabilitation. Many Kashmiri Pandits and people from the Sikh community who left when the terrorism was at its peak were forced to sell their properties. We have already started working in this regard- either returning their properties or providing the amount for their properties. We are towards the completion of rehabilitation of 6,000 people’.
BJP will provide Rs 10,000 under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, comprising the existing Rs 6,000 along with an additional Rs 4,000. The manifesto also mentioned reduced electricity tariffs, lowered by up to 50%, for agricultural activities, making it more affordable for farmers top operate irrigation pumps and other machinery.
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